THE WOMEN IN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY MIGHT BE FEWER IN NUMBER, BUT THEIR STORIES OF STRENGTH AND MYSTERY IN THE PAGES OF ANCIENT TEXTS AND EPICS ARE MANY. THEY SLAYED DEMONS AND PROTECTED THEIR DEVOTEES FIERCELY. FROM PARVATI TO ASHOKASUNDARI AND FROM BHAMATI TO MANDODARI, THIS COLLECTION FEATURES ENCHANTING AND FEARLESS WOMEN WHO FREQUENTLY LED WARS ON BEHALF OF THE GODS, WERE THE BACKBONE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND MAKERS OF THEIR OWN DESTINIES.
INDIA`S MUCH-LOVED AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUDHA MURTY TAKES YOU ON AN EMPOWERING JOURNEY
-THROUGH THE YARNS FORGOTTEN IN TIME-ABOUNDING WITH REMARKABLE WOMEN WHO WILL REMIND YOU OF THE STRONG FEMALE INFLUENCES IN YOUR LIFE.
पौराणिक ग्रंथांमध्ये स्त्रिया कमी आढळत असल्या, तरी त्यांच्या अंगची शक्ती, ऊर्जा आणि गूढता यांचं पानोपानी वर्णन आढळतं. त्यांनी राक्षसांचं निर्दालन करून भक्तांचं रक्षण केल्याच्या कथाही आहेत. या कथासंग्रहात पार्वती,अशोकसुंदरी आणि भामतीपासून मंदोदरीपर्यंत अनेक निर्भय स्त्रिया भेटीस येतात. कुटुंबाचा आधारस्तंभ असणाऱ्या या स्त्रिया स्वत:च्या नशिबाच्या शिल्पकारही होत्या.