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#BookOverview The King Within by Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini

A sabre-rattling tale of love, revenge, friendship & ambition, The King Within is a remarkable novel about the power of passion & the passion for power, & the difficult choices a man must make

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@AuthorNandini @IndicaBooks In the thick forests of Malwa, a mysterious stranger gallops into combat to rescue a young courtesan, Darshini

His name is Deva and he is the younger son of Emperor Samudragupta
@AuthorNandini @IndicaBooks That chance encounter that Darshini has, with Deva and with his two friends, the loyal general Saba Virasena and the great poet Kalidas, forges a bond that lasts a lifetime
@AuthorNandini @IndicaBooks In time, from a dispossessed prince, Deva goes on to become one of the greatest monarchs in ancient India, Chandragupta Vikramaditya

But the quest for glory comes with a blood price
@AuthorNandini @IndicaBooks For as Chandragupta the emperor sets aside his personal priorities to build a destiny for himself, his one-time friends become his harshest critics...

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A spiritual retreat amidst the serenity of the surrounding is enough to rejuvenate the self, like a Sanjeevani

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#BookOverview The Ocean's own by Nandini Sengupta

The final book in the enthralling Gupta Empire trilogy, The Ocean's Own tells the story of a king who dared to take his sword to the seas

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It is his latest conquest that brings him closer to the ocean he seeks to control - and to Angai: a young woman unlike any he has ever known
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#BookOverview The Poisoned Heart by Nandini Sengupta @nandinisgTOI

The second book in the #Gupta empire trilogy, The Poisoned Heart is a saga of tragic love, treachery and hard-won battles in the inner reaches of a once-mighty empire

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Brave, noble and a living legend, the emperor is fighting hard to save his legacy from wave after wave of invasion, intrigue and insurrection
@nandinisgTOI @IndicaBooks The borders are restive; the palace is swirling with conspiracies; and the Huns are back. Into this cauldron steps Rohini - an enigmatic half-Hun runaway. She is a riddle Skanda cannot crack. Might she be an assassin, or a #spy ?
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The author Bhavesh Kansara brings in all the references to the current cultural and political landscape of India into a nicely woven story
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Feb 21
#BookOverview Motivational Verses from Sanskrit Texts – By Dr K Aravinda Rao

The book is a collection of over a hundred motivational verses from ancient texts like the Mahabharata, the Panchatantra, the Hitopadesa, the Subhashita-s of Bhartrihari & such other texts

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@IndicaBooks The motivational verses from the book focuses on teaching ethical behaviour and also bring to light the blunt truth behind human behaviour in different situations
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