The Aladia Sisters

  • PRODUCT CODE : 9789352766314
  • CATEGORY: Fiction
  • ISBN-13:
  • PAGES: 350
  • DIMENSIONS:
  • LANGUAGE: English

The Aladia Sisters

Rs. 295.00

Publisher :Om Books International
  • Fiction
  • English
  • 350 PAGES

"Traversing the era of the British Raj, the Partition and India’s independence to the here and now of the Internet millennium, the story of six sisters of a patriarchal Muslim family, is investigated by a journalist. Before coming of age, The sisters had run away in the deep cover of the night from a Haryana village to define their lives and destinies. Began an Undeclared game of may-the-best-sister win. Earn money, express inchoate talents in the arts, hook the richest husband, raise the next generation right – These were just a scattering of their to-do list. Through confidences and vignettes, updates and interviews, the Mumbai journalist travels between Delhi, Ajmer, Mount Abu and London, to recreate the narrative of a confederacy of women who dared to break the rules way before they were written. The story – blending fact and fiction – could have been chronicled only by one journalist, the grandson of one of the sisters.".

"Traversing the era of the British Raj, the Partition and India’s independence to the here and now of the Internet millennium, the story of six sisters of a patriarchal Muslim family, is investigated by a journalist. Before coming of age, The sisters had run away
in the deep cover of the night from a Haryana village to define their lives and destinies. Began an Undeclared game of may-the-best-sister win. Earn money, express inchoate talents in the arts, hook the richest husband, raise the next generation right – These were just a scattering of their to-do list. Through confidences and vignettes, updates and interviews, the Mumbai journalist travels between Delhi, Ajmer, Mount Abu and London, to recreate the narrative of a confederacy of women who dared to break the rules way before they were written. The story – blending fact and fiction – could have been chronicled only by one journalist, the grandson of one of the
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  • PRODUCT CODE : 9789352766314
  • CATEGORY: Fiction
  • ISBN-13: 9789352766314
  • PAGES: 350
  • DIMENSIONS:
  • LANGUAGE: English

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