Tanaka Mangoti – illustratör

Queen Tarabai''s husband died while their son was just an infant. But this brave woman would not let that stop her from leading the Marathi army into battle against the Mughals. After declaring herself regent, she faced many adversaries and was even imprisoned by her own people for a time. Yet every time she was knocked down, she rose up again stronger than ever before.

Bilingual Legends # 647: This book is in both English and the historical Modi script of Marathi.

After being suppressed since the mid-20th century, a revival of the Modi script has begun among Marathi speaking communities keen to preserve the traditions of their ancestors by passing their own script onto the next generation.