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100			_a Jain, Anuradha Kumar
245		0	_a Written on the wind _c/ Anuradha Kumar-Jain
250			_a1st edition
260			_b New Delhi: Rupa, _c2020.
300			_a 250 pages ; 22 cm
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aFiction
942			_cENGLISH
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