sanika joshi

8 months ago

Books of 2024 - Book 8

Women Who Ruled India

https://amzn.in/d/49BIytBhttps://amzn.in/d/3k2GUz1

After I started my new job and with moving, it took a while to get back to reading. After a month have resumed reading regularly. Saw this in our bookshelf that Satya had newly organized. The book is little different than the genres I usually read and enjoy. But liked reading this anyway. Book as the name suggest is about women rulers from Indian history. Couple of things that struck me, how turbulent Indian history is, women can also be cruel, some of the famous women emperors that we might have heard about ruled for a very short while. I specially enjoyed the chapters about Queens of Attingal, Ahilya Bai Holkar and Nur Jahan. Overall it was nice to read about Indian history through the tales of women rulers. 

 

Never miss a post from
sanika joshi

Get notified when sanika joshi publishes a new post.

View Profile

11 views

Comments ( 3 )

manan dedhia

8 months ago

Good recommendation - thank you Sanika.

sanika joshi

8 months ago

Thanks :)

Satyajeet Jadhav

7 months ago

Good recommendation!

Participate in the conversation.

Read More

Books of 2024 - Book 10

Here is a short non-spoiler of“The Paper Menagerie”. This story is about a boy and his mom. As a kid, his mom is his world. She has made these paper animals for him to play with. Most of the time these lifelike paper animals are his only playmates. They also signify the con...

Books of 2024 : Book 13

Around halfway through the book, lovers split. The reason for splitting is too cliched and reminded me of our Saas-Bahu dramas. I almost thought of quitting and not reading further but read on to complete the book 😅. The book does pick up a little later.

Books of 2024 - Book 12 and 13

This one was a gem. It's kind of based on Jerry Pinto’s own life and revolves around a family of four. There's Em, the mom dealing with mental illness; The Big Hoom, the dad who’s always got it together; and their two kids, the protagonist and his older sister. The way the book i...

Pukhtunwali

As anyone growing up in 90’s India, I could do the Pathan accent. The images of Kabuliwalah and Khuda Gawah in equal measure and the romance of thinking of distant peoples whose lives could not be more different than yours.