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"The Twentieth Wife" by Indu Sundaresan is a historical novel based on facts of the late 16th and early 17th century rule Mughal Empire in India an intriguing and pleasurable read...The Mughal Empire was so vast and so rich that it was inevitable that there would be lots of in-fighting for the throne...The Empire had a harem but only one of his sons could be Emperor....Competition was ugly...Wars were fought...Lives were lost...A sweeping saga that goes through generations...wars...betrayals...politics and most of all enduring love.
The main character, Mehrunnisa was definitely a woman of ahead of her time and one of the most popular women in the History of India...Mehrunnisa who is beautiful... smart...patient and cunning...was real a woman who married the Emperor when she was no longer young and who then ruled the Empire with him.
At age 8...Mehrunnisa finds herself mesmerized by Salim...the future heir to the throne....She immediately thinks he is beautiful and later develops feelings for him and through the years she dreams of becoming one of his wives...Salim was spellbounded by Mehrunnisa's beauty after seeing her few times but Emperor Akbar did not approve this marriage and she got married to a soldier named Ali Quli and had one child with him....Ali Quli did not appreciate her intellect..mind and intelligence....Stuck in a dead end marriage...she felt that this was her fate but things changed...Ali Quli died and Salim who was the Emperor Jahangir now approached her and she became Dowager Empress Nur Jahan...Jahangir and Nur Jahan madly in love....I'm not going to spoil the details for you all....The Twentieth Wife is a rich.. exotic view of the women...their desires and female's position in society in the Mughal Empire of 1600's India...An excellent novel with equally excellent themes about the power behind the veil....True love always prevails...I couldn't stop reading and finished in 4 days...This novel took me to another world...a world I have never been to...I visualized the sound of emerald bangles and anklets...The soft swish of their ghagara's and feet when they walked in red stone forts...Every page I turned with so much enthusiasm and eagerness that what is going to happen next....The story of Mehrunnisa is one of the great love stories of all time Great book...Savor it!
Btw Mehrunnisa was Jahangir's twentieth and last wife :)
I just finished reading its sequel "The Feast of Roses" and immensely enjoyed :)
Finally a fairly decent photo of my desk with iMac, iPad, iPhone 3G, Western Digital My Books, Drobo and Harmon Kardon Soundsticks. Plus a few other things I usually have to hand!
[Breezes pick up suddenly, unmanageably,]
This is a version of Turndust, an artist's book project I am currently working on. This is an early stage 'storyboard' version. I've posted it because I am interested in seing if I can use community on Flickr to add something to the design process. What do you think of it? What could be improved? What's good? What does it make you think about?
I'm planning to develop the book for screenprint in one or two colours with hand colouring in watercolour, so each book will be a little different, although still part of an edition. I plan to include new versions and working-up on Flickr as I go along.
Since this book is intended as a narrative, it's best read from beginning to end. I recommend looking at the set.
Thanks for any comments.
Sitting Bull is best known for defeating General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are books that I have read or will read at some point. The books are non fiction, history,biographies and autobiography’s of people and historical events I found to be interesting.
The MacBook I use for photo editing on the go or on the set, as well as customer presentations. The iMac is the real workhorse. The main Aperture library is stored on the MyBook Studio. The MacBook access it via wifi. The iPhone is taking the shot ;)
Capturing Camelot:
Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys
Kitty Kelley
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books / #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly #nonFiction , #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary
Philip Roth [re-read an old book]
& La Trappe Quadrupel
A little bit sweet and pleasantly bitter.
Like the character in the book!
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are books / magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly non fiction, history,biographies , autobiography’s and historical events I found to be interesting.
Moon Lore by Rev. Timothy Harley published in 1885.
Includes sections on moon spots, worship, superstitions. The section on moon inhabitation starts by stating the question is easier to ask than to answer!
An interesting account of our near neighbour. Includes chapters on the man and woman in the moon. Also some which were unfamiliar such as the hare and the toad in the moon.
Had to snap a few selfies to celebrate the arrival of my Blurb book.
A few people have asked me about buying themselves a copy of the book. So here is where to go if you want one...
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/272871
Tenuous Link: open
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are books / magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly non fiction, history,biographies , autobiography’s and historical events I found to be interesting.
Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
by Gerald Posner
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books , #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly #nonFiction , #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary
By Truman Capote
Capote wrote the book but when the movie was made , he hated it.
My Library 📕 📚
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books , #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly #nonFiction , #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary
I used the service "My Book" and made two kinds of books this time.
One is book of cosmos, all were taken by D70+Micro lens, and another is book of summer memory taken by GX100.
The paper is glossy and each one has plastic cover.
I chose soft cover version but we can also choose hard one.
These of them are "CD" size, square format, but they have other variations, from small to large.
EXPLORE: #240
by Majlee www.flickr.com/photos/mytimeflickrcom/
and Colors of My Dreams www.flickr.com/photos/66499731@N00/.
It's a pleasant read about food, family, everyday life AND recipes!
I recommend it! ;-)
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are books / magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly non fiction, history,biographies , autobiography’s and historical events I found to be interesting.
My new setup!
-Canon 40D
-Tamron 28-75 F/2.8
-Tamron 17-50 F/2.8
-Canon Sppedlite 580 EXII
-Gary Fong Lightsphere II
-Western Digital 1TB MyBook External HD
OK, so technically the 17-50 is not new, but he looked lonely in the closet. :)
-Taken with the new 40d, speedlite flash and the 28-75.
By Truman Capote
Capote wrote the book but when the movie was made , he hated it.
My Library 📕 📚
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books , #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly #nonFiction , #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary
America's Cup Xxvii: Stars & Stripes, The Official Record 1988
I put together a set titled , #Mybooks.
These are #books , #magazines that I have read or will read at some point.
The books are mainly #nonFiction , #history, #biographies , #autobiographys and #historicalevents I found to be #interesting.
This is #myLibrary
“You are painfully honest,” you said smiling
“but please don’t change, I like you as you are”.
I am your friend, best things in this prevailing,
But every time I speak I leave a scar.
My coat of armour, hard and silver bright
Shows to the world my brave face and my strength:
In hand no weapons, just a shield of light
Dazzling the rivals with its rays at length.
It’s hard to fight, a shield only in hand
Fencing and warding, to prevent the stroke.
I’m not in danger, I trust you as a friend,
But to be sure I crack a wicked joke.
The scars I leave are deep, but in the end they’ll heal;
They mirror mine, they’re countless - that I would not reveal.
(Sonnet by SiRiChandra, inspiration for the pose "Sogni" by Vittorio Corcos)
www.comune.fe.it/iscofe/Laboratorio/costituzione/Immagine...
