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Written on the wind / Anuradha Kumar-Jain
Language: English Publication details: New Delhi: Rupa, 2020.Edition: 1st editionDescription: 250 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9789390356782
- 823.92 ANU
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| English Books | Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING | 823.92 ANU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 700928 | |
| English Books | Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING | 823.92 ANU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 700929 |
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The book explores their relationship against the backdrop of the growing Hindu-Muslim divide, and the politically turbulent times they are living in. The other protagonist, amiya, born out of wedlock to a British Army Officer and a Brahmin girl, is married at nineteen to Ishwar Chand, a Clerk at the Postal Department in Lahore. The narrative follows her troubled marriage, and struggle to become financially independent, her coming of age as a writer, and the unlikely friendship she develops with Gautam. It chronicles the choices she must make, and the secret she must live with. Author Anuradha Jain provides a powerful account of desire, love, society and politics, and takes a probing look at the struggles and aspirations of a nation and its people.
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