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'''Ira Mukhoty''' is an Indian author.<ref name="times">{{cite news|title=Ira Mukhoty|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/litfest/litfest-2017/speakers/ira-mukhoty/articleshow/61103258.cms|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Times of India|date=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="roy">{{cite news|last1=Roy|first1=Vaishna|title=Ascent of a woman|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/ascent-of-a-woman/article17648013.ece|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=The Hindu|date=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="aleph">{{cite web|title=Ira Mukhoty|url=http://www.alephbookcompany.com/authors/ira-mukhoty/|publisher=Aleph Book Company|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="age">{{cite news|title=Heroine-ism|url=http://www.asianage.com/books/110117/heroine-ism.html|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=The Asian Age|date=11 January 2017}}</ref> | '''Ira Mukhoty''' is an Indian author.<ref name="times">{{cite news|title=Ira Mukhoty|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/litfest/litfest-2017/speakers/ira-mukhoty/articleshow/61103258.cms|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Times of India|date=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="roy">{{cite news|last1=Roy|first1=Vaishna|title=Ascent of a woman|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/ascent-of-a-woman/article17648013.ece|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=The Hindu|date=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="aleph">{{cite web|title=Ira Mukhoty|url=http://www.alephbookcompany.com/authors/ira-mukhoty/|publisher=Aleph Book Company|accessdate=2 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="age">{{cite news|title=Heroine-ism|url=http://www.asianage.com/books/110117/heroine-ism.html|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=The Asian Age|date=11 January 2017}}</ref> | ||
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Her book ''Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History'' (2017, Aleph Books: {{ISBN|978-9384067496}}) tells the tales of mythical heroines including [[Draupadi]] and [[Radha]], and "six real women who played extraordinary roles but who weren’t written into textbooks as were their male counterparts", including [[Jahanara Begum]], [[Rani Laxmibai]] and [[Hazrat Mahal]].<ref name=roy /> | Her book ''Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History'' (2017, Aleph Books: {{ISBN|978-9384067496}}) tells the tales of mythical heroines including [[Draupadi]] and [[Radha]], and "six real women who played extraordinary roles but who weren’t written into textbooks as were their male counterparts", including [[Jahanara Begum]], [[Rani Laxmibai]] and [[Hazrat Mahal]].<ref name=roy /> | ||
Her second book ''Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire'' which was about the disappeared | Her second book ''[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Daughters_of_the_Sun/XjaYuQEACAAJ?hl=en Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire]'' which was about the disappeared women of the great [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]], was published by [[Aleph Book Company]] on 25 April 2018.<ref name=times /><ref name=rose>{{cite news|title=2018: All set to sparkle with new voices| work=Asian Age|date=7 January 2018| last=Rose|first= | ||
Jaya Bhattacharji|URL=http://www.asianage.com/books/070118/2018-all-set-to-sparkle-with-new-voices.html}}</ref> In 2020 she published ''Akbar: The Great Mughal'' (Aleph Book Company, {{ISBN| 978-9389836042}}). A reviewer in the ''Asian Review of Books]]'' described it as "an ambitious work crafted with great imagination about how the past and the present intersect".<ref name="wadwha">{{cite news |last1=Wadhwa |first1=Soni |title= | Jaya Bhattacharji|URL=http://www.asianage.com/books/070118/2018-all-set-to-sparkle-with-new-voices.html}}</ref> In 2020 she published ''Akbar: The Great Mughal'' (Aleph Book Company, {{ISBN| 978-9389836042}}). A reviewer in the ''[[Asian Review of Books]]'' described it as "an ambitious work crafted with great imagination about how the past and the present intersect".<ref name="wadwha">{{cite news |last1=Wadhwa |first1=Soni |title=“Akbar: The Great Mughal” by Ira Mukhoty |url=https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/akbar-the-great-mughal-by-ira-mukhoty/ |accessdate=4 September 2020 |date=17 August 2020}}</ref> | ||
In 2021, her debut novel ''Song of Draupadi'' was published. The book reimagines ''[[Mahabharata]]'' through the narration of its women characters, particularly [[Draupadi]].<ref name="kochhar">{{cite news |last1=Kochhar |first1=Ritika |title=The queen of Dharma: Review of Ira Mukhoty’s Song of Draupadi |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-queen-of-dharma-review-of-ira-mukhotys-song-of-draupadi/article36643813.ece |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=25 September 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukhoty |first1=Ira |title=This novel asks what would have happened if the Mahabharata had been the story of the women in it |url=https://scroll.in/article/1001700/this-novel-asks-what-would-have-happened-if-the-mahabharata-had-been-the-story-of-the-women-in-it |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=Scroll.in |date=2 August 2021}} ''(Book extract)''</ref> | |||
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Ira Mukhoty is an Indian author.[1][2][3][4]
She studied natural sciences at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Her book Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History (2017, Aleph Books: ISBN 978-9384067496) tells the tales of mythical heroines including Draupadi and Radha, and "six real women who played extraordinary roles but who weren’t written into textbooks as were their male counterparts", including Jahanara Begum, Rani Laxmibai and Hazrat Mahal.[2]
Her second book Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire which was about the disappeared women of the great Mughals, was published by Aleph Book Company on 25 April 2018.[1][5] In 2020 she published Akbar: The Great Mughal (Aleph Book Company, ISBN 978-9389836042). A reviewer in the Asian Review of Books described it as "an ambitious work crafted with great imagination about how the past and the present intersect".[6]
In 2021, her debut novel Song of Draupadi was published. The book reimagines Mahabharata through the narration of its women characters, particularly Draupadi.[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ira Mukhoty". Times of India. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roy, Vaishna (25 March 2017). "Ascent of a woman". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Ira Mukhoty". Aleph Book Company. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Heroine-ism". The Asian Age. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Rose, Jaya Bhattacharji (7 January 2018). "2018: All set to sparkle with new voices". Asian Age.
- ↑ Wadhwa, Soni (17 August 2020). ""Akbar: The Great Mughal" by Ira Mukhoty". Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ↑ Kochhar, Ritika (25 September 2021). "The queen of Dharma: Review of Ira Mukhoty's Song of Draupadi". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ↑ Mukhoty, Ira (2 August 2021). "This novel asks what would have happened if the Mahabharata had been the story of the women in it". Scroll.in. Retrieved 9 October 2021. (Book extract)
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