Preethi JN Manikandan asked Indu Sundaresan:

Ms. Indu, I have read your taj triology. Out of which i loved the Feast of Roses. You have described Empress Nur Jehan's life in detail. You have also touched upon Jahan Ara in Shadow Princess. Why have you skipped writing on Mumtaj Mahal?

Indu Sundaresan I mention a bit of this in the Afterword of the third novel of the trilogy, SHADOW PRINCESS. Mumtaz Mahal, for whom the Taj is built, was Empress for only three short years, from 1628, until 1631 when she died. Obviously she was beloved of Emperor Shah Jahan--he built the Taj in her memory--but she didn't live long enough in a position of power to change the world she lived in. As, Mehrunnisa, Empress Nur Jahan did in THE TWENTIETH WIFE and THE FEAST OF ROSES, and as Mumtaz's daughter did, in the third novel of the trilogy.

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