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Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson’s and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and...
2) Visakkadi
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"Novel based on the village people's life of Kongu region, Tamil Nadu, India"--From Worldcat.org.
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The “intimate and affecting” novel of an Indian couple’s quest for a child that sparked national conversations about caste and female empowerment (Laila Lalami, New York Times Book Review).
Set in South India during the British colonial period, One Part Woman tells the story of Kali and Ponna, a married couple unable to conceive. The predicament is of major concern for their families—and the...
Set in South India during the British colonial period, One Part Woman tells the story of Kali and Ponna, a married couple unable to conceive. The predicament is of major concern for their families—and the...
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This fantastical historical novel, narrated by a child yet to be born, traces the lives of three generations of a Parsi family in India beginning in the late 1800s. The narrative follows the Khargat family from the intricacies of village life in the jungles of central India, to the complications of urban life in turbulent pre- and post-independence struggles, to contemporary diasporic realities in the United Kingdom and North America. This beautifully...
10) Manaamiyankal
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"Novel dissolved in women's world with Muslim women characters knitting the novel"--From Worldcat.org.
11) Gayab hota desh
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"Novel based on exploitation of tribal people through land acquisition with force"--From Worldcat.org.
13) Nausheen
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"Novel based on social life in Jammu and Kashmir, India"--From Worldcat.org.
15) Sainik ki muskan
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"Stories based on social problems of rural and urban people"--From Worldcat.org.
16) Narumanam
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"Short stories knitted around women raising questions on the dynamics of caste and sex discrimination in the rapidly changing technological world"--From Worldcat.org.
18) Water: a novel
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In 1938 colonial India, 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live out their lives in penitence; there her feisty presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a beautiful young widow who falls in love with a Gandhian idealist.
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Zoya Sahni has a great education, a fulfilling job and a loving family (for the most part). But she is not the perfect Indian girl. She's overweight, spunky and dark-skinned in a world that prizes the slim, obedient and fair. At 26 she is hurtling toward her expiration date in Mumbai's arranged marriage super-mart, but when her auntie's matchmaking radar hones in on the Holy Grail of suitors-- just as Zoya gets a dream job offer in New York City--...
20) Benny and Babloo
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Hindi feature film. Two room-mates experience major changes in their lives after acquiring new jobs.
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