Suranya Sengupta's Blog

Place: Punnya village, Labpur in Birbhum, West Bengal. Characters: Debojyoti Bhattacharya: The Narrator, an aspiring writer and the middle child of a Zaminder house. Shortly called Deb. Shirshendu  Bhattacharya: The father of Debojyoti who died in a car accident when he was young. Rudrajyoti: Deb’s elder brother who is an engineer and lives in Calcutta. […]

Rajputs: Rao Maldeo Rathore: Ruler of Marwar, Rajasthan Shams Khan, Haji Khan: Generals of Afghans Rana Udai Singh I: twelfth ruler of Sisodiya clan in Mewar, Rajasthan Rani Jivanta Bai Songara: Princess of Songara clan in Jalore, daughter of Akshay Raj of Jalore and first wife of Rana Udai Singh. Queen mother to Pratap. Maan […]

Rukaiya Sultanam Begum: The Dowager Queen, wife of Akbar, foster mother of Shah Jahan. Mariam Ur Zamani: Rajput princess of Amer, wife of Akbar, mother of Jahangir Jahangir: Son of Akbar, named Salim at birth. His mother was Mariam Ur Zamani. Nadira: A dancer girl popularised as Anarkali Maan Bai: First queen of Jahangir, Princess […]

Durga Puja: Significance and Customs by Suranya Sengupta

Being a historical fiction writer, I have always wanted to write something completely fictitious but set in a historical era. After much contemplation, I decided on the most fascinating part of Indian History, the beginning of the Mahajanapada era, when iron tools were used, where it is mostly believed that myths and history culminated. Only […]