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Set in post Babri Masjid, post Pokhran Uttar Pradesh, this isthe story of a woman in search of esoteric truths, caught in aworld of prejudice, stagnation and violence.
Nasreen grew up in London and in Paris with her mother Saira, arebel poet. Perhaps knowing the hardships and loneliness of a rebellife, Saira married off her daughter at the age of eighteen toJaved , a kind and loving man, the editor of a local newspaper, ina small UP town, Rahimganj. Nasreen appears happy enough in her newlife until Javed decides to send their daughter Mehjabeen away to aboarding school.
In three voices and cinematographic style, the novel putsforward the philosophy that perhaps the destiny of the Soul is notthe same as the destiny of the Body.ISBN - 9789380828268
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Pages : 250
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