Tanushree Podder is a well-known travel writer and novelist. She has written several non-fiction books before moving to fiction, and has now published sixteen novels. Her books include
Nur Jahan's Daughter,
Boots Belts Berets,
On the Double,
Escape from Harem,
Solo in Singapore,
A Closetful of Skeletons,
Before You Breathe,
No Margin for Error,
The Teenage Diary of Rani Laxmibai,
The Girls in Green,
Spooky Stories and
An Invitation to Die.
Ambapali is her seventeenth novel. Three of her books,
Boots Belts Berets, A Closetful of Skeletons, and
The Girls in Green, are being adapted into web series
Not every courtesan has gone down in the annals of history like Ambapali. She was beautiful, intelligent, talented and, as the nagarvadhu janpad kalyani-the bride of the city-she went on to wield immense power amongst the nobles. Until she renounced all worldly pleasures to embrace Buddhism.
This vivid narrative tells the story of a young woman forced to follow a path because of the machinations of powerful people. Propelled onto the cultural centerstage in the Vajji republic against her wishes, betrayed in love, disappointed by friends, Ambapali's is yet the story of a strong woman determined to take control over her life. A remarkable, poignant novel about the dazzling glamour, daring romance, and sacrifice that marked Ambapali's life.
