AUTHOR INTERVIEW
AUTHOR INTERVIEW Book Name: The Last Queen of Kashmir: Kota Rani Author: Rakesh K Kaul 1. Please introduce yourself to our audience sir. I am an explorer by nature. One who likes to explore the known and the unknown world. Sometimes, I run across something so wondrous that I feel that I should share my joy of discovery with others. It is then that I write about it. 2. I have read your book The Last Queen of Kashmir: Kota Rani and this book speak about the courage, politics, struggles, etc of queen Kota. How did you get the idea of writing a such story, which is very less these days? I share the story in the novel as to how I stumbled onto Kota Rani. She was mentioned inside the last words of a Kashmiri noble woman taken prisoner by Afghans who swallowed poison to escape a fate worse than death. I had never heard of her and neither had the world. I was intrigued and went seeking her. 3. The book was a little huge with close to 400 plus pages with detailed na...