The 'balance' is between hope and despair for four characters in Bombay during Indira Gandhi's rule. Their survival in a crazy, arbitrary and cruel world will depend on overcoming built-in prejudices, but will this be enough? Handled with immense delicacy, tenderness and even humour, this is another marvellous Indian book.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 7 February 2001 ) |
