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Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of becoming an actor, one who plays the melancholy roles, rare in Indian cinema, Happy Singh Soni, leaving his village in Punjab behind, heads to Europe, but after a nightmarish passage to Italy, finds his dreams growing at odds with his bleak reality, one shared by so many migrant workers.
2) China room
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family's "china room," sequestered from contact with the men-except when their domineering mother-in-law, Mai, summons them to a darkened chamber at night. Curious and strong willed, Mehar tries to piece together what Mai doesn't want her to know....
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"'I am Rani Jindan, Mother of the Khalsa. That is my identity. That is my fate.' Daughter of the royal kennel keeper, the beautiful Jindan Kaur went on to become Maharaja Ranjit Singh's youngest and last queen; his favourite. She became regent when her son Dalip, barely six years old, unexpectedly inherited the throne. Sharp-eyed, stubborn, passionate, and dedicated to protecting her son's heritage, Jindan distrusted the British and fought hard to...
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