Publish with Us

Follow Penguin

Follow Penguinsters

Follow Penguin Swadesh

Postbox Kashmir

Postbox Kashmir

Two Lives In Letters | A Brilliant Non-fiction Account of Kashmir Through the Letters of Two Teenagers | Young Adult (YA)

Divya Arya
Select Preferred Format
Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

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

Postbox Kashmir

Two Lives In Letters | A Brilliant Non-fiction Account of Kashmir Through the Letters of Two Teenagers | Young Adult (YA)

Divya Arya

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

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
error: Content is protected !!