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Azaadi
Publisher:
Harper Hindi
| Author:
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
| Language:
Hindi
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Harper Hindi
Author:
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Language:
Hindi
Format:
Paperback
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Categories: Historical fiction, New Releases & Pre-orders
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340
THREE SISTERS. THEIR UNBREAKABLE BOND. AND A NATION ABOUT TO BE BORN.
Here is a river…
Here is a village…
Here is a grand old mansion…
Here is the country that contains them all…
India. August, 1946. Everything is about to change. Priya, Jamini and Deepa, Dr Nabakumar Ganguly’s daughters, live in Ranipur, Bengal, safe from the rising turbulence in the country. When their father is killed on Direct
Action Day, their world turns upside-down.
Priya, the youngest, intelligent and idealistic, is determined to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a doctor, no matter how difficult. She is fortunate to have the support of zamindar Somnath Chowdhury, her father’s best friend. Jamini, devout, dutiful and talented, helps her mother stitch kanthas to make ends meet. Hungering for affection even as she is resentful of her sisters, she nurses a secret desire. Beautiful Deepa, the eldest, all set to marry well, falls in love with Raza, Youth Leader at the Muslim League, and must face the consequences.
When India is partitioned, the sisters find themselves separated from one another, afraid of what will happen to not only themselves, but also each other. It is only then that they understand what it means to be independent, and the price one has to pay for it.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s powerful new novel is a moving story of loyalty and love, nationhood and sisterhood, set against India’s independence movement, at once exhilarating and devastating.
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THREE SISTERS. THEIR UNBREAKABLE BOND. AND A NATION ABOUT TO BE BORN.
Here is a river…
Here is a village…
Here is a grand old mansion…
Here is the country that contains them all…
India. August, 1946. Everything is about to change. Priya, Jamini and Deepa, Dr Nabakumar Ganguly’s daughters, live in Ranipur, Bengal, safe from the rising turbulence in the country. When their father is killed on Direct
Action Day, their world turns upside-down.
Priya, the youngest, intelligent and idealistic, is determined to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a doctor, no matter how difficult. She is fortunate to have the support of zamindar Somnath Chowdhury, her father’s best friend. Jamini, devout, dutiful and talented, helps her mother stitch kanthas to make ends meet. Hungering for affection even as she is resentful of her sisters, she nurses a secret desire. Beautiful Deepa, the eldest, all set to marry well, falls in love with Raza, Youth Leader at the Muslim League, and must face the consequences.
When India is partitioned, the sisters find themselves separated from one another, afraid of what will happen to not only themselves, but also each other. It is only then that they understand what it means to be independent, and the price one has to pay for it.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s powerful new novel is a moving story of loyalty and love, nationhood and sisterhood, set against India’s independence movement, at once exhilarating and devastating.
About Author
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning and bestselling author, poet, activist and teacher of
writing. Her work has been published widely, in magazines and anthologies, and her books have
been translated into twenty-nine languages. Several of her works have been made into films and
plays. Her award-winning bestseller, The Last Queen's film rights have been bought by a major
production house. She lives in Houston with her husband, Murthy, and has two sons, Anand and
Abhay. She teaches in the internationally acclaimed Creative Writing programme at the University of
Houston.
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