Challenging Destiny A Biography of Chhatrapati Shivaji Paperback – September 30, 2016

The story of shivaji is story of Swarajya , you can only imagine what might have gone through the hearts and minds of people who had to face the horrors of the invaders. Shivaji's honor, valor and dharma fuels countless hearts and minds till today and it shall continue to do so until the end of times . These stories of bravery and victories are not taught in schools across India due to an agenda carried by flag bearers of colonial remnants , they fear shivaji and his swarajya till today !

The author has put in painstaking amount of research to write this book. History is well understood when it is looked at with context of what's happening around during that time. Building a detailed context isn't easy, especially during 1600s with mughals, socio economic conditions, kingdoms, siddhis, portuguese, british which were all active in some form or other during this time.The book covers in great detail the vision of Shivrai, his personality, thinking and the journey of ShivraiThis is a must read for anyone interested in history of India and the rise of legendary Shivrai!The book is extremely well researched with references in the back for further reading.

A most lucid and concise but factual details included in this well compiled book. A must read for anyone who need s to know the life of Shivaji and the odds he had to surmount. Mainly to understand why he was GREAT!

An excellent book on Shivaji. A must read for some of its perspectives of the why and how of events.

Very well written book

Great book!

I feel mixed emotions after reading this book. At one hand the book makes my chest swell with pride that I belong to a civilization that produced such a remarkable ruler but at the same time I feel cheated by the Indian education system that such Indic greatness has been hidden from the vast majority of Indians in the name of secularism where anything great which is truly from the land needs to be shunned away into oblivion. Over all an amazing book which keeps you engaged from beginning to end , more than a Hollywood movie I say.