By Kanchana Krishnan Ayyar,Feroza Unvala,Jim Fairchild,Indrani Chakrabarti,Shashi Tharoor,Daljeet Singh

ISBN-10: 098387655X

ISBN-13: 9780983876557

From East Bengal to Tamil Nadu, 'When the Lotus Blooms' captures the temper and ethos of the wealthy panorama and variety of India, whereas highlighting the common and undying conditions of ladies and their fight to hunt happiness in a patriarchal world.

The novel follows the arc of 2 Brahmin households in Nineteen Thirties British Colonial India. it's the trip of 2 baby brides, Rajam and Dharmu, who try to satisfy their future regardless of the shackles of culture, accountability, and customs of a fancy society.

Tormented through a domineering spouse's mother, Rajam battles together with her lack of ability to conceive, and Dharmu struggles with the loneliness and pressure of adapting to her aloof husband's westernized way of life. The blooming of the lotus has a different value to either families.

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