Book Review of Daastan-e Tawareekh

 



Book - Daastan-e Tawareekh

Written By - Damodarlal Garg


Dastaan-E-Tawareekh is a collection of 21 short stories and anecdotes from Indian History. Its written in Hindi and talks about some undisclosed aspects from history wrt the culture, some unique traditions that once prevailed in India and the neighbouring countries.

The stories capture the rise and fall of kingdoms, human emotions like love,lust, jealousy and competition. The stories also talk about how humans can turn ungrateful and unfaithful and then destroy themselves. There is also a pinch of sarcasm that the author adds in these stories.

Some stories that I liked:

  • Amavasya ke din Poornima Ka Chand
  • Vichitra Riti-Riwaz
  • Bundel ka nayak Hardoula
  • Premika ki yaad mein basa Hyderabad
  • Mewar ka Bheeshm-Rajkumar Chudaji

I looked for more information on this book, but could find a single mention of the same anywhere on internet. However, the other works of the author are there. I found this copy in a local library.

The author mentions that the stories are well researched. However, I did find some factual and typing errors in some of the stories. But I will still say that its a good book for history lovers. 

On the whole, its a good, one-time read.



Reviewed by,

Shilpa Bhat Kaushik,

Author of -Extracts...From The Life-12 Short Stories

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