Beneath a Marble Sky Themes

Hey, Beneath a Marble Sky is all about the events that led to the construction of the Taj Mahal—considered one of the great wonders of the world—so it's no surprise that art and culture are a b...

Revenge is kind of like quicksand: once you grow up, you realize it's much less of a problem than you thought it would be. In books, however, revenge can be a pretty big motivator for protagonists...

What'd Sinatra say about love and marriage? That they go together? That you can't have one without the other? Well, this book certainly proves that one wrong. There are many different types of love...

Duty. It's no coincidence that it's a homonym for doodie, because sometimes it can be a real pain in the butt. It's also a major driving factor for Jahanara throughout Beneath a Marble Sky, leading...

The Indian subcontinent has always been a melting pot of different religions—sometimes a happy melting pot, sometimes a not-so-happy melting pot. In Beneath a Marble Sky, we see a simmering under...

Ugh, time. There's never enough of it, it goes by either too quickly or too slowly, and it's always slipping away from us. It's troublesome, this concept of time, and Jahanara is all too aware of i...

Boy howdy, is there a lot of scheming and plotting and wheeling and dealing in Beneath a Marble Sky. Jahanara's mom, Arjumand, is the original schemestress, and she teaches Jahanara that the only w...

Families almost always have their fair share of conflict. Like, who doesn't have that one relative you always hope will no-show on Thanksgiving? But it's safe to say that the main family in Beneath...