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In 1935, Zainab Essanji wants to break out of her restricted life and be part of the independence movement. But it seems that all she is destined to do is embroider and wait to get married.
In 2019, Zainab Currimji, class XI student, is unhappy at getting drawn into debates and controversies which she would rather not be part of. But in India of 2019, how can one not be drawn into these?
In this deeply addictive, sweeping book about the life and times of the two Zainabs, is captured a short history of Mumbai, and of India. Of what we were and what we have become.
‘Zipping between the past and the present, between midnight’s children and millennials and getting both right, Shabnam Minwalla has crafted a page-turner whose heart is open, inclusive and populated by a host of memorable characters.’ —Jerry Pinto
Winner of the Crossword Book Award • the BK Children’s Book Award • the VoW-REC Book Award • the Auther Award
Imprint: Duckbill
Published: Aug/2021
ISBN: 9780143451693
Length : 208 Pages
MRP : ₹299.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
ISBN:
Imprint: Duckbill
Published: Aug/2021
ISBN:
Length : 208 Pages
MRP : ₹299.00
In 1935, Zainab Essanji wants to break out of her restricted life and be part of the independence movement. But it seems that all she is destined to do is embroider and wait to get married.
In 2019, Zainab Currimji, class XI student, is unhappy at getting drawn into debates and controversies which she would rather not be part of. But in India of 2019, how can one not be drawn into these?
In this deeply addictive, sweeping book about the life and times of the two Zainabs, is captured a short history of Mumbai, and of India. Of what we were and what we have become.
‘Zipping between the past and the present, between midnight’s children and millennials and getting both right, Shabnam Minwalla has crafted a page-turner whose heart is open, inclusive and populated by a host of memorable characters.’ —Jerry Pinto
Winner of the Crossword Book Award • the BK Children’s Book Award • the VoW-REC Book Award • the Auther Award
Divya Arya has been telling people’s stories for almost two decades now. Navigating video, audio and text mediums across English and Hindi languages, she explores burning human rights and social justice issues with a gender lens. An award-winning journalist currently with the BBC she has also presented the global news programme OS on BBC World Service Radio from its London newsroom and launched the chat show WorklifeIndia on BBC World News TV from Delhi. Divya is the first journalist from India to be chosen as Knight Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. Her research was published in the collection of essays, Breaching the Citadel. She lives in Delhi.
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