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Ret Smadhi 2018

By Geetanjali Shree

  • Indo-iranian philology, partition, feminism, Joint families

In northern India, an 80-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces to gain a new lease of life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention confuses her bohemian daughter, who is used to thinking of herself as the more ‘modern’ of the two.

Indo-iranian philologypartitionfeminismJoint familiesFictionInterpersonal relations

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