Rajkahini-The Princely Tales of Rajasthan

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  Abanindranath Tagore

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• Description: Rajkahini-The Princely Tales of Rajasthan is an English translation of Abanindranath Tagore's Bengali classic Rajkahini. It is a collection of nine stories that are replete with episodes and incidents involving the royalty of Rajasthan. Expectedly, therefore, bravery, nobility palace intrigues, wars, skirmishes, feuds betrayal, caste, religion, marriage, motherhood and progeny, all play a dynamic role as the fictionalized social and political history of early Rajasthan is unfurled. Authoring Rajkahini as a literary expression of the legends and tales of the Rajput kings can also be considered a part of the postcolonial action to etch out a narrative that could draw the far part of the nation closer to the Bengali readership.
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