Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789384067496)

The idea of heroism in women is not easily defined. In men the notion is often associated with physical strength and extravagant bravery. Women's heroism has tended to be of a very different nature, less easily categorized. All the women portrayed-Draupadi, Radha, Ambapali, Raziya Sultan, Meerabai, Jahanara, Laxmibai and Hazrat Mahal-share an unassailable belief in a cause, for which they are willing to fight to the death if need be. In every case this belief leads them to confrontation with a horrified patriarchy. In the book we meet lotus-eyed, dark-skinned Draupadi, dharma queen, whose story emerges almost three millennia ago; the goddess Radha who sacrificed societal respectability for a love that transgressed convention; Ambapali, a courtesan, who stepped out of the luxurious trappings of Vaishali to follow the Buddha and wrote a single, haunting poem on the evanescence of beauty and youth.

Author: Ira Mukhoty
ISBN-10: 9384067490
ISBN-13: 9789384067496
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2017
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d