Hailing from cultures that are worlds apart, Jameela Alter intertwines the lives of four young adults, all of whom are 'barwalas' (outsiders) of sorts: Omar, from Afghanistan, is the victim of fanatical brainwashing... Farida, a staunch Muslim, grows up in London but can't wait to leave 'hateful England'... Joy lives in the United States with her reclusive father... and Goonga chooses to hide behind a world of self-imposed silence in an orphanage in India. While most of the story unfolds in India, Jameela Alter deftly moves from one country to another, from dystopian to utopian worlds, in a...
Hailing from cultures that are worlds apart, Jameela Alter intertwines the lives of four young adults, all of whom are 'barwalas' (outsiders) of sorts...
