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पंपा कंपाना ही बिसनागची राणी, कवयित्री तर होतीच; पण ती एक लोकविलक्षण स्त्री होती. ती नऊ वर्षांची असताना तिला देवीचा साक्षात्कार झाला. तिच्या अंत:प्रेरणेतून बिसनाग नगराची निर्मिती झाली. त्या नगरीचा पहिला राजा हक्कपासून शेवटचा राजा अळीय राया इथपर्यंतचा काळ तिच्या दोनशे सत्तेचाळीस वर्षांच्या आयुष्यात तिने पाहिला. पंपा कंपानाचा निर्भयपणा, कलाप्रेम, युद्धकौशल्य इ. गुणांतून तिचं व्यक्मित्त्वं तर ही कादंबरी उलगडतेच; पण तिने पाहिलेल्या राजकीय कारकिर्दींपेक्षा त्या कारकिर्दितील मानवी स्वभावाचे, अंतर्मनाचे पैलू उलगडून मानवी मनाचं, जीवनाचं वास्तव, सूक्ष्म आणि थक्क करणारं दर्शन ही कादंबरी घडवते.
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Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize). A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.
Vandana Bhagwat is a professor of English. She has 25 years of teaching experience and has a special interest in writing and translation. She has published the two collection of stories, & novel titled Avyahat Vata Vedanana and other literary and translated works. She is also the founding committee member of Aksharnandan School of Experimental Marathi Medium.
