When it
is a book on Taj Mahal, it is only fair that it is released by royals.
His
Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur and publisher Ajay Mago of Om Books
International celebrated the launch of Taj Mahal: Multiple Narratives.
Coo-authors Amita Baig and Rahul Mehrotra, shared their experience of putting
together the book with veteran journalist Kaveree Bamzai.
Sharmila
Tagore,Meera and Muzaffar Ali, Ritu Kumar, Karan Thapar, Satish and Kiran
Gujral, Feroze and Mohit Gujral, Laila Tyabji, Bim Bissell, Aman Nath, Gurmeet
and Raghu Rai, Sunil Sethi, Mrs. Radha Bhatia and Ankur Bhatia were present on
the occasion along with pulisher Ajay Mago.
Taj
Mahal: Multiple Narratives presents a new perspective on the Taj Mahal and
Agra. The city and its iconic monuments have often been written about,
exclusive of each other. Many stories from Agra form the pillars on which the
Taj Mahal was built. Pleasure gardens or a dusty township of the Middle Ages,
Agra has many dimensions. The book looks at global events, nationalevents and
showcases contemporary buildings and subsequent events which transformed it
from a sacred personal space to a part of world heritage. The book is a broader
and more accessible understanding of these stories, of Agra and the Taj Mahal.
Says
Ajay Mago, Publisher, Om Books International, “visiting the Taj Mahal as a
child was a more enjoyable experience than visiting the Qutub Minar in Delhi.
Back then, it also meant getting at least 200 kilometres away from school for a
couple of days. And for a long time, a monument dedicated to love held greater
meaning than a victory tower. Such is the power the Taj Mahal continues to
wield over the world. Taj Mahal: Multiple Narratives by Amita Baig and Rahul
Mehrotra helps us look at the monument and its significance as a World Heritage
Site afresh.
One of
the largest English language trade publishers in the Indian subcontinent, Om
Books International has been a name to reckon with for over five decades in the
Indian publishing and retail industry.
OBI has a diverse publishing list including cinema, biography, memoir,
mind-body-spirit, photo essay, art, architecture, lifestyle, fiction —
commercial and literary.It counts amongst its notable authors Khalid Mohamed,
Mushtaq Shiekh, Bharathi S Pradhan, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Rauf Ahmed, Kamala
Das, William Dalrymple, Vir Sanghvi, Christopher C Doyle and Abhay Vaidya.
Om Books
International has a stellar line-up of Gourmand World Cookbook Award Winners:
Vikas Khanna, Maria Goretti, Michael Swamy, Shazia Khan, Aditya Mehendale and
Saransh Goila.
OBI has
an equally strong and varied children's publishing programme under its imprint,
OmKidz.
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