Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
By: Ira Mukhoty
4.27
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1526 a Timurid warrior-scholar rides into Delhi to build an empire. With him ride his wives, his…
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1. Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
By: Kavita Kané
3.88
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Ma… read more
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"I would rather devote myself to what I always did - trying to heal people. That is my way of healing myself."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"The course of morality is subtle and even the most illustrious, wise people in this world fail to always understand it."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"Karna is a good man, but he sees good even in what is bad. His seeing it as good doesn't make the bad good, but makes his goodness look bad."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"You shall find dear, that the world is full of two-faced people and phonies.'.. And Uruvi was to discover a cruelly superficial world, which she had failed to recognize."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
2. City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
By: William Dalrymple , Olivia Fraser
4.12
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old his… read more
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"There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"His diaries had begun to assume something of the knowingness of incipient middle age; at times, indeed, he was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated. As with many later European voyagers, tr…"-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
3. 7 Secrets of the Goddess (The 7 Secret Series, #4)
By: Devdutt Pattanaik
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Lakshmi massages Vishnus feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shivas chest. Is this female… read more
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4. The Feast of Roses (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #2)
By: Indu Sundaresan
3.83
Format: None pages,
The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel The … read more
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5. Shadow Princess (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #3)
By: Indu Sundaresan
4.00
Format: 10 pages,
The daughters of Emperor Jahangir, Jahanara and Roshanara, plot and scheme against one another in a… read more
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6. Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth
By: Audrey Truschke
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
Aurangzeb Alamgir (r. 1658-1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, is widely reviled in India today. Hindu… read more
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7. The Palace of Illusions
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more
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8. Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
By: Alex von Tunzelmann
4.75
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
A re-creation of one of the key moments of twentieth-century history: the partition and independenc… read more
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9. Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
By: Aanchal Malhotra
3.78
Format: None pages,
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10. The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1)
By: Indu Sundaresan
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
An enchanting seventeenth-century epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the c… read more
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11. The Hungry Tide
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.04
Format: 538 pages, Paperback
A contemporary story of adventure, history, and identity by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh. Off the … read more
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12. The Book of Everlasting Things
By: Aanchal Malhotra
4.16
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perf… read more
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13. The Forest of Enchantments
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.20
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant ret… read more
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"-the girl I'd been on that day, burnished with innocence, believing that goodness and love were armour enough."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
"I knew now that love - no matter how deep - wasn't enough to transform another person: how they thought, what they believed. At best, we could only change ourselves."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
"A wind rose around me, from where I didn't know. It was unexpectedly cold and made me shiver. 'Sacrifice, sacrifice', whispered the trees, carrying my promise across the valley"-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
"My first lesson on nature of love was that in a moment it could fulfill the cravings of a lifetime, like a light that someone might shine into a cavern that has been dark for a million years."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments
14. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
By: Shrayana Bhattacharya
4.29
Format: 384 pages, None
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more
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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
15. The Last Queen
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR! … read more
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"Adoration is a powerful intoxicant."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium"-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
16. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
By: Ruby Lal
3.81
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. When it came to hunting, she was a master sh… read more
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"To these men, the boundary between the human and divine was porous; longing across differences was the great unifier. Poetry and mysticism shared this desire to dissolve dualisms."-Ruby Lal, Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
17. The Education of Yuri
By: Jerry Pinto
4.13
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
‘We are born alone and we die alone. In between, we reach out to other people.’ At fifteen, Yuri… read more
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18. Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
By: Ira Mukhoty
4.27
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1526 a Timurid warrior-scholar rides into Delhi to build an empire. With him ride his wives, his… read more
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19. The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
By: Manu S. Pillai
3.96
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
From a Maratha prince who parodied caste to a Muslim deity in a Hindu temple; from a courtesan who … read more
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20. Name Place Animal Thing
By: Daribha Lyndem
3.96
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Set in politically charged Shillong, this interconnected collection of stories speaks of the coming… read more
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21. The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism
By: Shashi Tharoor
3.77
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism, the new book by bestselling author Shashi Tharoor, whos… read more
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