3 Quotes & Sayings By Indu Sundaresan

Indu Sundaresan is a poet, essayist, journalist, novelist and editor. Her first book of poetry was published in 2013. She has written articles for The Hindu, The Times of India, Woman’s Era, The New Indian Express and many others. She has also edited anthologies of poetry and short stories.

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But Mehrunnisa did not know then, would never know, by giving her blessings to this marriage she had set into progress a chain of events that would eventually erase her name from history's pages. Or that Arjumand would become the only Mughal woman posterity would easily recognize. Docile, seemingly tractable and troublesome Arjumand would eclipse even Mehrunnisa, cast her in a shadow..because of the monument Khurram would build in Arjumand's memory - the Taj Mahal. Indu Sundaresan
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This great Mughal Emperor [Akbar] was illiterate; he could neither read nor write. However, that had not stopped Akbar from cultivating the acquaintance of the most learned and cultured poets, authors, musicians, and architects of the time - relying solely on his remarkable memory during conversations with them. Indu Sundaresan