"It was later that I discovered that not a single book had been written in the modern times that covered the entire span of the Wodeyar history through the dimensions of political, social, economic and cultural history of the place and its contribution to the creation of a modern, progressive Karnataka. In the highly Delhi-centric view of Indian history, large swathes of the country remain underrepresented. But as Toni Morrison famously said, ‘If there’s a book that you want to read and it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.’ This was how, totally serendipitously, my childhood passion metamorphosed into my first book Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars in 2008."
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