1. Biographies, stories, comic strips, travelogues, and novels. Subhadra Sen Gupta writes novels and short stories of historical fiction and mystery.
- She was born in Delhi in the year 1952.
- Once, she visited a school and asked children, “What is the subject you hate ? “. The common reply was Hindi or History. Sen Gupta held a Master’s Degree in History. So she decided to make the boring and droning subject interesting. She was already armed with a master’s degree in History.
- She liked to keep her writing style short and simple and brings on eccentric characters with their outlandish clothes and their erratic behavior.
- Furthermore, she appeared in the pages of the Target, writing stories, which often mixed food and history.
- Subhadra takes children very seriously and just lays down the facts for them to think, understand and make up their minds.
- She is very witty and feisty and has an interesting flair. She never goes astray or misses the mark.
- Not only that, but she teases out delicious details from history using simple words and looks at it from the reader’s point of view and not the author’s.
9.” Her books are refreshing,” said her close friend Sohini Mitra.
- One of her books is” Girls Of India : A Mauryan Adventure “. It describes 13 -year-old Madhura and her antics with the princess Sanghamitra. Later, when she discovers her brother is a Cara or a spy of the Mauryan Empire of Ashokavardhana Maurya, she is shocked and surprised that she wasn’t told about it. She suddenly finds herself travelling to UJJAINI and VIDISHA with her brother and realises how clever and cunning he is and how he leads a dangerous life. I recommend everybody from young to old to read this book as it will lighten your mind and let you go time-travelling to the 3rd century BCE.
11. Madhura`s life doesn’t seem bad at all. She has a strict but caring mother and a jovial but busy brother. When she goes to work for Princess Sanghamitra, she isn’t at all quick and disciplined but lazes about admiring Sanghamitra`s room and her pet parrot and the lap of luxury the Princess tastes.
12. Madhura`s huge mistake of taking the princess out of the palace without guards leads to her travelling with her brother on the order of The Queen. Her Highness Mahadevi. Earlier, Madhura was threatening her brother that she would run away if he would not take him with her in his trip to Vidisha and Ujjaini.Karthik, her brother had told and exaggerated about the highway robbers and corrupt officials but Madhura replied that it was the safest highway as Her Highness Mahadevi traveled to Vidisha often and the King came with her. Kartik still refuses to take her and says that she knows everything about everything for her own good. Now, Madhura happily makes her way back home, as she can travel with her jovial brother all over the kingdom. The book tells us that wishes come true if you have hope and faith.
- At the end of the story, Madhura gives up her wish to become a woman soldier, riding swords, fencing and guarding the Royal Family’s rooms as she finds out how dangerous lives spies and soldiers live.” Spying is stupid,” she thinks. Somehow she wishes to convince her reckless brother to become a trader, as he usually disguises himself, and not a spy. It tells us not to give up on our dreams.
This book unveils the beauty and secrets of life and also dolls out morals in a clever, interesting and fun way.
