Sangeeta Bahadur’s ‘Jaal-Book 1’ launched recently

Shyam Benegal & Sangeeta Bahadur at the Launch of Jaal1

Sangeeta Bahadur’s ‘Jaal-Book 1’,  the first part of a trilogy, was launched recently at the House of Lords, London, England.

“Kaal triology isn’t about a person. The hero of my book is Arihant and the story is about the world he lives in and how he solves the problems that he comes across in the passage of life. This is a mythological adventure novel drawn from the vast repertoire of Vedic philosophy  and metaphysics", says Sangeeta, who is also the director of the Nehru Centre in London. 

The trilogy is woven in the fantasy  world of Indian post-Vedic era.  Protagonist is Arihant  with an unusual  responsibility to destroy Aushij, the Lord of Maya. He gets  tricked into a ‘prison of dreams’ by his siblings many millennia ago. Confronted with enemies, human and Mayavi both. Arihant has to come to terms with the results of choices he has to make. Trilogy actual is an exploration of the eternal questions about the self – who am I, what am I, why am I?”

This is Sangeeta Bahadur's first published work but she is a seasoned writer. 

About the Author:
Sangeeta Bahadur is an Indian Foreign Service officer currently posted in London, UK as a senior diplomat and Director of the Nehru Centre. In the course of her twenty- five year career, she has been posted to Spain, Bulgaria, Mexico and Belgium, besides having served in various capacities in the Ministry of External Affairs, India. She was born in Calcutta in a family of civil servants and was educated in various schools all over India. She completed her off post-graduation from Bombay University, Mumbai, India. Jaal is the first book of her Kaal Trilogy; she is currently working on the second book.

Publisher: Pan Macmillan India (2012) 
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