Kevein Books and Reviews

I have been hearing about the world famous duo Akbar and Birbal even before I got into schooling. I always assumed them as ‘fairy tale’ kind of figures; however, as I got more familiar with history and fiction, I was able to make the difference between two. Birbal is famous for playing against his enemies amidst the most challenging circumstances, and Akbar was the only legendary king from the Mughal Empire. I never cared to know what was Birbal’s real name and how did he became so famous. To me, it was more of a funny character. With time, I read some books, fiction and non-fiction and history on the Mughal Empire. The Final Puzzle by Juhi Ray seems like the best I have ever read based on the King Akbar. In this novel the author has reverently called him as Padshah Akbar, a spiced up slang in Punjabi and Urdu. Unlike the Mughal series by Alex Rutherford, this novel is unconventional. In the presence of Akbar, Juhi succeeded in illuminating the character of Raja Birbal. Here ...