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It is the countries, the cities, the streets, the houses we have grown up in that define our lives. How can we ever escape them? We look at our life years later by the streets we have played in, the houses we have lived in, and the cities whose bylanes we crisscrossed.
We are that memory finally.
Listen to the House is the story of two girls who travel the world but are rooted in the houses they grew up in, and anchored to each other by the long letters they exchange, no matter where they are. And this they do through their lives in whatever situations they are.
The novel evokes an old Hyderabad that no longer exists, a slowness of life that has died, and friendships that have all but disappeared.
Ratna Rao Shekar
Ratna Rao Shekar is a well-known writer, art curator and editor based in Hyderabad.
Currently, Ratna edits a city magazine that she set up 21 years ago; and a newsletter for cancer survivors, published by an oncologist. She is also the Founder-Editor of Housecalls, a magazine for doctors that had an international readership, which she steered for 15 years.
During her long and impressive career as a writer with protean interests, she edited a travelogue, A Journey without a Map; and a coffee table book on the history of Hyderabad called The Power of Glory. She is passionate about the city; vignettes of which are depicted in the book in great detail.
As an author, her published works include a seminal book on the artist, Laxma Goud, titled Laxma Goud in Black and White. Her first work of fiction is The Purple Lotus and Other Stories, a collection of 13 short stories. Listen to the House is her first full-length novel. Ratna is a handloom aficionado and is closely involved with the art and cultural scene of Hyderabad.
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