I searched all these years for myself-and I only found thalya, the woman I was supposed to be born as: unblemished, without any faults. I had no hala in me, no sin, no crime, no guilt. What I had done was to respond to the call of life within me..."

Ahalya. Created by Brahma; married to one of the greatest rishis of all time; desired by the king of gods, Indra. l woman maligned and cursed.

But who was Thalya? What did she want? Did she have ambitions and desires?

In this sparkling retelling of the well-known legend, bestselling author Kavita Kane draws out the voice of a character that lacked one-even before she was turned to stone. Tracing her journey from a precocious child, to a studious and sheltered princess, to the loving wife of Rishi Gautam, Thalya'shwakening delves into the mind of a woman who yearns to control her own destiny. In her tale lies the story of every woman, even today