As the name suggests, the novel is indeed a literary feast to the reader. It is a sequel to The Twentieth Wife which I haven’t read unfortunately. The story is all about love, jealousy, power, and decline. It is a woman’s story, the story of Noor Jahan and Jahangir. Noor Jahan means ‘light of the [...]

This was one of the first novels I read. I had received this book as a prize for a literary competition in my junior school. I was quite happy that I bagged the prize but was not quite happy with the prize received and never intended to read it. It had a lavendar cover with [...]