The sigiriya paw

Priydarshi Thakur Khayal

Dec 2020 · Redgrab Books pvt ltd

About this ebook

The sigiriya paw' Based on 'Maharana', the great Buddhist chronicle of Sri Lanka, “is truly like one of the Puranas. But the style is so uniquely endearing that you don't realise when the Purana entered the present, transiting seamlessly through history. The anxious characters of ancient past, driven into a vicious circle of lust and excesses, rivalries and conspiracies, consumed by their fears and need for revenge; and the Intimacies and heartbreaks of their relationships – all blended together into such a compelling narrative of abuse of power and human anguish that we can see the present day world reflected in it every step of the way.

About the author

Born at Motihari, Khayal originally belongs to Singhwara, a small town in Darbhanga district of north Bihar. He now lives in Gurugram, Haryana (India) Khayal studied history at Patna University and Delhi University in the 1960s, and taught history at Bhagat Singh College of the University of Delhi for three years before getting into the Indian Administrative Service in 1970; he retired as Secretary to Government of India in 2006, and then worked as the Director General of the International Centre for Promotion of Enterprises at Ljubljana, Slovenia until 2008. 'The Sigiriya Paw' is Khayal's second novel after 'Padmini of Malwa – The Autobiography of Rani Ruupmati' being published by Speaking Tiger Books, Delhi. The author can be reached at [e-mail].

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