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NINE FINELY NUANCED STORIES THAT EXPLORE THE THEMES OF DESIRE, INTIMACY AND LOVE… A CONTRACTOR AT A DAM SITE DEVELOPS SO OBSESSIVE A DESIRE FOR A TRIBAL WOMAN THAT HE BRINGS HOME AND HOLDS CAPTIVE ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE; A KATHAK DANCER TRAPPED IN A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE WITH AN OLDER MAN TALKS SCATHINGLY OF FIDELITY; AN ACCIDENTAL STEP INTO AN OCCUPIED BATHROOM CHANGES A YOUNG DELHI SERVANT BOY’S LIFE FOREVER; A YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE BELEAGUERED BY INFERTILITY DESPERATELY TRIES TO REIGNITE THE ROMANCE AND PASSION OF THEIR HONEYMOON ON A HOUSEBOAT IN KASHMIR. SET ACROSS INDIA, EACH OF THE STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION UNERRINGLY LOCATES THE DEFIANT UNDERCURRENT OF INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN A WORLD SHACKLED BY SOCIETAL NORMS.
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