Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran is the author of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s bestselling biography, Challenging Destiny. She is also the author of Frontiers: The Relentless Battle Between Aurangzeb and Shivaji and Life and Death of Sambhaji, which have been translated into various Indian languages. Her latest, Queen Tara – Kali of the Deccan is about the seven years of war Chhatrapati Shivaji’s daughter-in-law fought with the Mughal Badshah Aurangzeb and defeated him. It was the beginning of the end of the empire. All the above historical fiction and the biography are about how India’s three warriors designed their defence systems and dealt with Aurangzeb from 1656 to 1707. Medha’s books on Mughal Maratha wars are full of politics of war and indestructible spirit of the Marathas. Her other books are on medical and social subjects. One of them, ‘Up Against Darkness’ has won the FICCI (special jury) award 2024.
Medha is a microbiologist who has worked in marketing and business development for food and pharmaceutical companies in countries such as Germany, India and the United Arab Emirates. From a young age, she has dabbled in poetry in Marathi and English. Medha has written articles on various subjects for leading newspapers in India (Indian Express) and in the Gulf (Khaleej Times and Gulf News).
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