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In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of womens education who assumes the right to choose his daughters vocations. A talented painter drawn to the citys dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary force of life of a nation rising from the devastation of British rule. Her twin sister, Kamlesh, a passionate student of Bharata Natyam dance, complies with her fathers decision that she become a schoolteacher while secretly pursuing forbidden dreams of dancing on stage and in the movies. n When Jaya moves out of her family home to live with a woman mentor, she suffers grievous consequences as a rare woman in the mens domain of art. Not only does her departure from home threaten her familys standing and crush her reputation, Jaya loses a vital connection to Kamlesh. n n Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, Parul Kapurs Inside the Mirror is set in the aftermath of colonialism, as an impoverished India struggles to remake itself into a modern state. Jayas story encompasses art, history, political revolt, love, and womens ambition to seize their own power.n
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Brand: Parul Kapur
