Shaheen Khan
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"Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long."--
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"The chant of "Azadi!"-Urdu for "Freedom!"-is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it has also become the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu nationalism. Just as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two calls for freedom--a chasm or a bridge?--the streets fell silent. Not only in India but all over the world. The coronavirus brought...
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Your roots can always lead you home...
Amjad never imagined he'd be a single father. But, when tragedy strikes, he must step up for his two children - while his world falls apart. Saahil dreams of providing for his dad and little sister. But his life is about to take an unexpected turn. The baby of the family, Zahra, is shielded from the worst the world has to offer. But, as she grows up, she wonders if she can rely on anyone but herself. There's...
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A remarkable debut novel about women's relationships – with each other and with the men in their lives – and the rise of fundamentalism in India today. 'When the light shifts, you see the world differently.'A superbly nuanced work of fiction, Anindita Ghose's first novel The Illuminated revolves around two women: Shashi and Tara. After the sudden death of her celebrated husband, Shashi is alarmed to realize that overnight, she has lost her life's...
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Radhi returns home to Mumbai to lick her wounds after a failed relationship and a bout of writer's block, but she soon gets caught up in the tangled mystery surrounding the death of her best friend's father.
Among the rarefied circles of Mumbai's posh Temple Hill, there is nothing more tragic than loss of face-not even loss of life.
Radhi's pregnant best friend Sanjana's father is found dead in his study. Everyone says it's suicide. And yet, just...