Then he was struck by the title of the novel — Conversations with Aurangzeb — and became curious. Who dares to have conversations with that most reviled figure among Mughal emperors, he thought, and on what exactly? Had he been familiar with the earlier works of Charu Nivedita, he would not have wondered. The author of the novel met Aurangzeb by chance (it’s Nivedita but not quite; we shall come to that later). Throughout the novel, the audience keeps changing and so do the speakers.

Source: The Telegraph February 09, 2024 21:57 UTC