Last year Chowksey wrote Mahatma Gandhi and Cinema, now his fictional account of how the TAJ was created is being published. It is a historical fact that the Moghuls brought with them the Persian culture when they came to India. At that time Indian culture was a bit worn-out because of continuous foreign attacks for centuries. Moghuls were different from other invaders in the sense that they wanted to settle down here and the founder of the Moghul Empire Babur made it clear before entering Agra that the soldiers should not indulge in any atrocities.
Chowksey’s Aurangzeb disapproved the wave of romanticism unleashed by Shahjahan and restored discipline and values in the life of the nation. He did not approve of huge sums of money being spent on the creation of the TAJ.
However, this book has interesting character sketches and excellent dramatic scenes. A couple of years ago the TAJ MAHAL was voted as the number one wonder of the worldby an international survey. It has withstood the test of time and its classic beauty is of universal appeal therefore the story of its creation is worth reading. My friend Chowksey has done justice to the great subject. It is an ode to the synthesis of two great cultures.
—Salim Khan

Jayprakash Chowksey, an ex-professor in English in Gujarati Mahavidyalaya, Indore belongs to Burhanpur where he was born on September 1, 1939. One of the finest writers ever known, he is actively involved in various activities of the media world—producing, distributing, and script writing for films. Besides this he is also into Television and in the print media. As the Executive Producer of Sonar Films he has produced films such as Shayad, Kanhaiya, Harjai and Vapsi. In 1980, he started Film distribution at Indore. He has written scripts for films: Shayad, R.K. Nayar’s Quatl, Vijaypat Signhania’s Woh Mera Naam and Atul Agnihotri’s Bodyguard. For Television he has written Duss Ka Dam and Big Boss (4). Besides this he is the Author of Raj Kapoor Drijan ki Prakriya, Cinema ka Sach and Pardeke Peeche, Daraha and Taj Bekarari ka Rahasya. Since the last 45 years he is contributing articles to various newspapers and is the famous columnist of Dainik Bhaskar’s Parde ke peeche since last 18 years. He is a Consultant with Walk Water Media promoted by Manmohan Shetty. Presently, he is the Head of the Story Department of Siddarth Tiwari’s Swastik Films for the serial Mahabharat."