Ahalya

by Koral Dasgupta

Overview

‘Lyrical and poetic ... enthralling’ BIBEK DEBROY
‘A magical and thought-provoking adventure, Ahalya will intrigue and mesmerize readers’ CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
‘An enigmatic tale about purity, chastity, seduction and redemption’ NAMITA GOKHALE
‘Brilliant and intriguing’ ANAND NEELAKANTAN

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789389109672
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	08/20/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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. Her website is http://koraldasgupta.com.