Davinci Code

I read Davinci Code after a lot of "good opinions " from many. I had initially thought the book to be boring after around 25 pages and stopped reading.
The most tough part was to get to around 60 pages after which the novel takes off...and read the novel whole night till 7 in the morning today...around 20 pages left to finish when the climax has infact passed. (my eyes are still thick and red with sleep)

Infact the book is really engrossing and educating and can easily see why it was a best seller.
The programme on National Geographic/History channel made it much easier to understand the background of the book. Probably European history is well documented/preserved so as remain so long. It makes the "claims" in the book that more credible. The book unleashed me into new realms of quest. The book corroborated what people think of Da Vinci as a Genius but his other side (although claimed) was news.

In case of India it cannot be termed ( Vedas, ramayan, Mahabharata) as history as there is no evidence of such an historical artifacts. Perhaps we Indians were not bothered about preserving history which is unlike europeans or the americans( who have there short history well Documented).