" Shiva grinned apologetically. ‘You guessed right. I don’t believe in symbolic gods. I believe that god exists all around us. In the flow of the river, in the rustle of the trees, in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time. All we need to do is listen. However, I apologise if I have caused some offence by not being respectful towards your god. "

― Amish Tripathi , The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy, #1)