![]() ![]() ![]() Thirteen-year old Jahanara, daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan and Arjumand Mumtaz Mahal, plays with her brothers and sisters in the harem of the Red Fort at Agra. In the architect, Isa, she finds love and support, but in order to truly celebrate their love, she must first rid herself of the ties that bind, and her compulsion to prove herself worthy to her loved ones. When her mother dies in childbirth, Jahanara tries to follow in her footsteps by advising her brother, Dara, and, at times, her father as well, but she never feels worthy of this responsibility. Jahanara wants to love and be loved, according to the example her parents, Shah Jahan and Arjumand Mumtaz Mahal, have set, but in order to find love, even within the restricted world of a woman in seventeenth century Hindustan, she must first come to love herself. ![]() Beneath a Marble Sky is the story of a woman's journey to self-acceptance. ![]()
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