In this YA novel, the Rani of Jhansi’s adopted son Damodar has to stand by his mother as she fights
An excerpt from ‘Queen of Fire’, by Devika Rangachari.
Apr 30, 2021 · 05:30 pm
The spot in Jhansi Fort from which the Rani of Jhansi is supposed to have leapt off with her son.
|
Avinashmaurya / CC BY-SA 3.0
Just before his fourth birthday, which Damodar had been told was less than a year earlier but which seemed a long time ago to him, a strange but beautifully dressed lady with sad eyes had come to visit him. She had brought him many toys.