Black Taj
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781908446459
Subjects: Fiction, general; India, fiction
Description: It is 1993, one year after the destruction of the Babri Masjid Mosque in Uttar Pradesh by Hindu activists. Simi, a well-born young woman, has so far lived with privilege and certainty - but when the Mosque crumbles, so does the careful structure of her life. To the horror of her grandmother and the outrage of their friends in the riot-torn city of Atmapuri, she falls deeply in love with a Muslim doctor, Imran. Partition stands like a ghost between the star-crossed lovers. What will be their fate? And will India herself becime the nation she was destined to be, open to all identities and communities.