A powerful depiction of Tara’s world, encompassing Bali and Sugreev, with their distinct ideologies influencing the rules of the Kishkindha kingdom' AMISH, bestselling author of the Shiva trilogy Known as Bali’s wife before she became Sugreev’s queen in the Ramayan, Tara’s story has remained veiled in mystery for far too long. Now, bestselling author Koral Dasgupta illuminates her journey in this meticulously crafted tale. Charting her early days in the harsh wilderness, Tara ascends to become the queen of Kishkindh during an era of unstable alliances and precarious royalty. Her challenges intensify when she is turned into the victor’s spoils following Bali’s demise and his brother’s ascension to the throne. Yet she shines as a stateswoman, applying clever strategies to restore order amidst the chaos reigning in the kingdom. In this captivating conclusion to the Sati series, Dasgupta showcases Tara’s rise from obscurity to royalty, deftly navigating the equilibrium between wisdom and tumult. Her story serves as a testament to resilient strength and an unwavering will to shape one’s destiny in an unyielding world. * In the Sati series, Koral Dasgupta explores the lives of the Pancha Kanyas from the Hindu epics and reinvents them with a feminist consciousness. * Praise for the Sati series ‘Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara, Mandodari – each of the Pancha Kanyas is fascinating ... Koral Dasgupta’s wonderful retelling adds to this corpus, with a lyrical and poetic quality’ BIBEK DEBROY ‘Magical and thought-provoking’ CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI ‘Enigmatic’ NAMITA GOKHALE ‘A must for those wishing to know about our past and the dialectics of gender within it’ PAVAN K. VARMA
About the Author
KORAL DASGUPTA has published an eclectic range of books, which can be found in university libraries across the world, including Harvard, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Wales, Duke, North Carolina and Texas. Her work is widely discussed in the context of gender studies, art, myth and ecocritical literature. Koral’s fourth book has been optioned for screen adaptation. In addition to her writing, Koral is the founder of www.tellmeyourstory.biz, an organization that uses literature to design and execute learning programmes that inspire social engagement and behavioural change for inclusion and diversity. She leads writing programmes and critical thinking workshops for both educational and corporate floors. Koral was also named in the Holmes Report’s Innovator25 Asia Pacific 2019 list and featured in Outlook Business magazine’s Women of Wonder (WOW) series. Her website is www.koraldasgupta.com. Mandodari is her eighth book.