Ira Mukhoty is the author of Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History, and Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire. In
While living in Delhi, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Ira developed an interest in the evolution of mythology and its relevance to the status of women in India. She is particularly interested in the way history is manipulated to suit changing narratives and the need to present historical non-fiction in an accessible way. Ira has two degrees in Natural Sciences and has studied in Delhi and Cambridge. She is currently working on her third project, a biography of Emperor Akbar.
