{"id":3285,"date":"2023-12-14T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/?page_id=3285"},"modified":"2024-01-02T10:07:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T10:07:50","slug":"taj","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/taj\/","title":{"rendered":"Taj"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A story of Mughal India\u00a0\u00a0 1985<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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VERLAG,Germany; BRA BUCKER, Sweden; LADEMANN Denmark; GUMMERUS, Finland; SPURLING & KUPFER, Italy; BRUNA & ZOONS Holland; EDITORA RECORD Brazil, HODDER & STOUGHTON, Australia, Alma Littera, Lithuania, ANA Russia etc.. A Literary Guild selection<\/p>

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‘An exotic, passionate novel, sensual and violent by turn, always compelling’ – The GUARDIAN
<\/b>It is ironical that the Taj Mahal, the marble mausoleum hailed as the most splendid emblem of love came to be erected in the Mughal period – tarred by hatred, cruelty, torture, and fratricide. Timeri N. Murari’s novel, <\/span>Taj<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>plays out this irony, highlighting the paranoia which gripped the minds of Mughal princes and emperors confronted with the bewildering choice of <\/span>“takt <\/em>ya <\/span>takhta” <\/em>(throne or coffin). In the final analysis, <\/span>Taj<\/em><\/strong> remains an expertly crafted novel with richly textured details, especially of violence and eroticism. It takes the reader through the corridors of history, pointing out lanes and by-lanes hitherto uncharted. Here the refrain of Mughal history “The Kingship has no Kinship\u201d rings loud. THE TELEGRAPH.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This powerful novel tells the story at two different levels. The first one talks about the love affair of Shah Jahan and Arjumand till her death. The latter narrates the story of the later years of Shah Jahan till his death.  It is an old fashioned and stylish novel, told to perfection. More than a historical romance it brings out the political and social life of the Mughals.  A historical novel written with amazing simplicity, the book also gives a fascinating description of how the immortal monument of love was built. THE STATESMAN.<\/p>\n

It is not surprising that nearly two decades after the book first came out, Penguin India has chosen to bring out its edition of Timeri N. Murari\u2019s <\/span>TAJ<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>Both are clearly backing a proven winner. <\/span> <\/em>Murari fashions it well, skillfully weaving fact and fiction, steering the narrative back and forth in time\u2026the reader is swept along easily by the inevitability of the historical denouement that must come, and by the classic love story that never ends. OUTLOOK.<\/span><\/p>\n

People come from all over the world to visit the Taj Mahal and this book proves that India is all that its been made out to be, a land of fable, culture and a rich glorious past.  This is a book portraying India in all her cultural finery, replete with fact and folklore. In this fascinating book Murari has written much more than a historical romance, he has skillfully recreated the period against which the story is set.  Though erotic in parts the book has factually kept to the happenings of that era. As a historian I would definitely recommend this book, especially for someone who is planning to visit the Taj Mahal. DECCAN CHRONICLE.
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Timeri N Murari has recreated this evergreen love story of the 17<\/span>th<\/sup> century India with the lucidity of a poet. It\u2019s more than a period love story.  Murari deftly weaves this magical tale with the story of Murthi and his wife Sita, both fictional characters who, in the novel, are invited by Shah Jahan to assist in the building of the mausoleum. The grandeur that marked the lives of royalty is juxtaposed against the stark poverty just outside the palace gates.  The parallel story Shah Jahan and Arjumand, Murthi and Sita\u2019s struggle to survive at the mercy of the nobles touches one\u2019s heart. The book reverberates with the message that love is all powerful. THE TRIBUNE.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Timeri N. Murari has attempted is to give life a life to Arjumand beyond the tomb by which alone she\u2019s remembered. His most thrilling chapters deal with the Mughal army\u2019s chase of Shah Jahan and his family over four years for trying to usurp the throne. His sketch of Mehrunissa\u2019s characters outshines all others.  Along with the palace intrigues Murari also tells the story of Murthi, a Hindu carver of god\u2019s statues, who is sent to Agra by his ruler to help build the Taj Mahal. The author\u2019s strength lies in the way he has tackled several stories in one. HINDUSTAN TIMES.<\/p>\n

-Only a masterly historical novelist like Timeri Murari could skate so teasingly near the lip of a volcano. In choosing the love story of Shah Jahan and Arjumand (Mumtaz) and tracing the subtle decline of the Great Mughals after Akbar, the author is able to build a remarkable framework which echoes the triumphant emergence of the Taj Mahal. The structure of this novel is as fascinating as the building it describes. Bill Aitken, SUNDAY OBSERVER<\/p>\n

–<\/strong>A sense of impending tragedy prevails throughout the novel, foreshadowing the destruction of brothers pitted against brothers in bloody pursuit of the Peacock Throne. One can read into the symbolic undertones, and find this a complex and disturbing novel. Asia<\/strong>  Magazine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

-Much  that is banal has been written about a passion that became woven into history, but in TAJ, Murari avoids the temptation for tears; instead he has written a book of powerful simplicity, and at the same time evokes those far off days when a great man buried his heart in a mausoleum.  Gloucestershire<\/strong> ECHO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

-The writer does convey successfully au aura of 17th<\/sup> century India by having an eye and ear for detail. We learn of the incredible wealth and sumptuousness of the Mughal court we learn of the intrigues within families where Tamerlane\u2019s law forbidding the killing of next of kin breaks down as brother plots against brother. BBC RADIO.<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Putting historical source to good use, Murari has fashioned a stylish novel that brings to life the politics and intrigues of Mughal court life. OUTLOOK.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAJ A story of Mughal India\u00a0\u00a0 1985 Published: NEL (Hb\/Pb) UK; PRESSES DE LA CITIE, France; INDIA VERLAG,Germany; BRA BUCKER, Sweden; LADEMANN Denmark; GUMMERUS, Finland; SPURLING & KUPFER, Italy; BRUNA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3285"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4914,"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3285\/revisions\/4914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websprintersdemo.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}