{"product_id":"heroines-9789384067496","title":"Heroines","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ira Mukhoty\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Aleph Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aleph Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45675043094679,"sku":"9789384067496","price":520.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789384067496.webp?v=1769295416","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/heroines-9789384067496","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}