Ahalya- 'An Enigmatic Tale About Purity, Chastity, Seduction and Redemption' (Fiction)
Book Specification
Item Code: | UAR179 |
Author: | Koral Dasgupta |
Publisher: | Pan Macmillan India |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2020 |
ISBN: | 9789389109665 |
Pages: | 204 |
Cover: | PAPERBACK |
Other Details | 7.00 X 4.50 inch |
Weight | 120 gm |
Book Description
It is known that Ahalya was cursed by her husband, Gautam, for indulging in a physical relationship with Indra. But is there another story to Ahalya's truth? Who was Indra anyway? A king? A lover? A philanderer? The first book of the Sati series, Ahalya hinges on these core questions, narrating the course of her life, from innocence to infidelity.
In the Sati series, Koral Dasgupta explores the lives of the Pancha Kanyas from Indian mythology, all of whom had partners other than their husbands and yet are revered as the most enlightened women, whose purity of mind precedes over the purity of body. The five books of the Sati series reinvent these women and their men, in the modern context with a feminist consciousness.
Koral Dasgupta is an author, painter, entrepreneur and professor. She is a compulsive storyteller and has authored four books which include three fiction and a non-fiction on Bollywood. Her fourth book has been optioned for screen adaptation. She is the founder of www.tellmeyourstory.biz, a story ecosystem led by crowd-sourced narratives. She consults with educational and corporate organizations on content and communication projects. Koral is recognized in the list of Innovator25 Asia Pacific 2019 prepared by The Holmes Report.
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