Radha Viswanath
Ashtamahishi | Rupa
The ‘eight wives of Krishna’, as this book is subtitled, haven’t received due attention, says Viswanath, and launches into the life divine with gusto. The result is a fast-moving and absorbing novelistic narrative, wide-eyed before the Lord, and imbuing his queens (Rukmini, Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda et al) with agency and intellect.