In late 1936, the idealistic young George Orwell set out for Spain to join the Republican Army in its battle against the fascists.
...Helena's home is like anyone else's, with a husb&, two daughters & a job she enjoys. But no one knows the truth about her dark
...
When their traditional business
- selling saris
- is increasingly sidelined by the new fashion for jeans & stitched salwar kameez, the Banwari Lal family must adapt. But instead of branching out, the sons remain apprenticed to the struggling shop & the daughters are confined to the family home. As envy & suspicion grip parents & children alike, the need for escape
- whether through illicit love or in the making of pickles or the search for education
- becomes ever stronger.