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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalPriya Somaiya is a Kashmiri Pandit and was born and brought up in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She has travelled extensively in India, including Rajasthan, particularly along the desert borders. Dr Somaiya has four decades of work experience as an HR practitioner and is a leading HR consultant and OD specialist of India. She has contributed immensely to the Social Services and Development sector. She has been engaged in interventions and initiatives for the skilling of rural women across India and the SAARC region. She has led the Usha Silai School initiative for skilling in sewing and stitching Read More...
Priya Somaiya is a Kashmiri Pandit and was born and brought up in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She has travelled extensively in India, including Rajasthan, particularly along the desert borders. Dr Somaiya has four decades of work experience as an HR practitioner and is a leading HR consultant and OD specialist of India. She has contributed immensely to the Social Services and Development sector. She has been engaged in interventions and initiatives for the skilling of rural women across India and the SAARC region. She has led the Usha Silai School initiative for skilling in sewing and stitching all over Rajasthan, and during her work has interacted many times with the Gypsy tribes of the Thar Desert borders and heard tales that reflected astounding experiences and evolution of these communities over centuries. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Allahabad University.
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The Sunderbans… Beautiful forests as the name says… The largest mangrove forests of the world, home to several endangered species of fauna, a tourist’s dream destination, stunning landscapes that ignite a painter’s passion…
But, what of the humans who inhabit this picture-perfect land of tiny islands, estuarine streams, marshy swamps, and lush green fields?
Beneath the breathtakingly beautiful sky of myriad colours and the flaming red,
The Sunderbans… Beautiful forests as the name says… The largest mangrove forests of the world, home to several endangered species of fauna, a tourist’s dream destination, stunning landscapes that ignite a painter’s passion…
But, what of the humans who inhabit this picture-perfect land of tiny islands, estuarine streams, marshy swamps, and lush green fields?
Beneath the breathtakingly beautiful sky of myriad colours and the flaming red, bleeding sunsets, they lead a life of extreme hardship, every day a challenge, with the fear of attacks by the man-eating tigers, the crocodiles that abound the streams, and the constant threat of storms and cyclones that can turn their fertile fields into saline swamps in a few minutes, wiping out a lifetime’s labour.
And the women… second-class humans like everywhere, but more so in this rural, remote corner, treated like beasts of burden, hard toil taking a toll of their lives, subjected to domestic violence, sexual assaults from human predators with rape and murder being common events, at the mercy of the rich and powerful…
This is the saga of the courage of one such woman—Kalyani, orphaned before reaching her teens, married before fourteen, mother of four, widowed in the early thirties, extremely poor, but uncompromising in her dignity, who does not succumb to pressures or favours and brings up her children single-handedly, relying only on her own hard labour.
This story, set in the village of Sajnekhali, on the banks of the Matla River, could be the story of so many who live under the bleeding skies with bleeding hearts.
The expanse and the deathly silence of deserts tell us many synchronous tales of human lives. You would be astonished to discover the dark, lurking, and mysterious cultures which thrive along desert borders. The continuously travelling gypsy nomadic communities not only know what to do with scarcity and hostility, but possess uncanny insights of the world and beyond. Read this book to know about the enigmatic Keshav Neelkanthiya, Apsara Aparna Sharma, and Ravi
The expanse and the deathly silence of deserts tell us many synchronous tales of human lives. You would be astonished to discover the dark, lurking, and mysterious cultures which thrive along desert borders. The continuously travelling gypsy nomadic communities not only know what to do with scarcity and hostility, but possess uncanny insights of the world and beyond. Read this book to know about the enigmatic Keshav Neelkanthiya, Apsara Aparna Sharma, and Ravin Armstrong, and how their intertwined destinies pulsate and whisper to The Call For Infinity.
The Frozen Sun is a personal and an intimate story of two families that lived in Srinagar as neighbours for decades. The legendary Jamshed Khan attempts to steer them through the ravages of terror and violence in the valley. The words and actions of many in the book reflect the historical anguish and pain, which Khan struggles to knit together while responding to lives and devastating times. Against the backdrop of the grand Himalayas, the Chinar forests and t
The Frozen Sun is a personal and an intimate story of two families that lived in Srinagar as neighbours for decades. The legendary Jamshed Khan attempts to steer them through the ravages of terror and violence in the valley. The words and actions of many in the book reflect the historical anguish and pain, which Khan struggles to knit together while responding to lives and devastating times. Against the backdrop of the grand Himalayas, the Chinar forests and the gurgling Jhelum, the story unfolds to a reality that must matter to all.
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