Heroines : Aleph Book Company : 9789384067496 : 04 Jan 2017 : The idea of heroism in women is not easily defined. In men the notion is often associated with physical strength and extravagant bravery. Women's heroism has tended to be of a very different nature,ess easily categorized. All the women portrayed"Draupadi, Radha, Ambapali, Raziya Sultan, Meerabai, Jahanara,axmibai and Hazrat Mahal"share an unassailable belief in a cause, for which they are willing to fightto the death if need be. In every case this beliefeads them to confrontation with a horrified patriarchy.In the book we meetotus-eyed, dark-skinned Draupadi, dharma queen, whose story emerges almost three millennia ago; the goddess Radha who sacrificed societal respectability for aove that transgressed convention; Ambapali, a courtesan, who stepped out of theuxurious trappings of Vaishali to follow the Buddha and wrote a single, haunting poem on the evanescence of beauty and youth. Raziya, the battle-scarred warrior, who pro