![]() Reading this book reminded me of the movie ‘Badhai Ho’ where a middle aged women got pregnant and suddenly it was talk of the town and shame for the family. And for the women of older ages, it is often similar. ![]() It is often considered scandalous if the young women in the family start talking about sex freely. Sex is one of the most hushed-up subject in Indian culture. And here also, all the erotic stories and sexual content is a mere representation of the women taking control of their life and their expression. It is always a symbol for something else. Foster, sex in literature is never about sex. Bonding with the widows Nikki also learns a lot of dark secrets about the community, which sparks another scandal. But these classes soon take a different turn altogether. But after her father’s death to support her family financially, she takes up a job of teaching creative writing to Punjabi widows in Southall, which is a closely-knit Punjabi community in London. Being a first-generation immigrant she has distanced herself from her traditional Sikh family. ![]() Nikki lives in West London and serves as a bartender in a local pub. “Fiery-eyed and indignant, they would pen their stories for the whole world to read.” Synopsis
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