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Kalyana, an impressionable and plump five-year-old girl, lives in Suva, the capital city of the Fiji Islands. It is 1965: the country is under British rule, while a feminist revolution is sweeping both Great Britain and America. Kalyana lives a spoiled existence, suited to the Sanskrit meaning of her name—blissful, beautiful, blessed, and the auspicious one. Her mother is an exceptional storyteller who educated Kalyana on their Indian heritage. As Kalyana grows older, she discovers the joy of reading stories that are different than those her mother told her. American fairytales and British storybooks become her guides. But nothing could prepare her for the brutality of life. When her uncle rapes her when she is only 11 years old, her mother tells her that "there are some stories that should never be told." Kalyana is about sisterhood and what it means to be a woman in a society where choices are limited and decisions are difficult. It tells a story of strength and courage, and of mothers and daughters, and of sisters and wives.

The political history of thirteen minor ruling families of South India is presented in this book with the help of several newly discovered epigraphs. These minor ruling families are acknowledged to have greatly contributed to the glory of the imperial powers of India, like Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas of Kalyana, and Hoysalas. They much depended on the integrity and the trust-worthiness of these minor ruling families for the purpose of local administration and progress both in war and peace. Infact, these minor ruling families have played a major role in building the statecraft of the imperial powers. The genealogy of these families is traced with the help of epigraphs issued by them and their imperial overlords to provide authenticity to the work. The present book provides a micro level picture of the power politics of the period. Apart from layman the book will be of tremendous utility to the scholars and serious students of history.