In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Thrity Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in India, rarely addressed in contemporary fiction.
In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Thrity Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in I...
Smita has reluctantly returned to India. Long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of coming back. As a journalist she follows the case of Meena - a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one's own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the secrets of her own past.
Smita has reluctantly returned to India. Long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of coming back. As a journalist she follows th...