{"product_id":"water-by-bapsi-sidhwa","title":"Water By Bapsi sidhwa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCategory: Novel, Historical Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 170\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in 1938 India against the backdrop of Mahatma Gandhi s rise to power, Water follows the life of eight year old Chuyia, a child-bride who is abandoned at a widows ashram in Benares after her fifty year old husband dies. There, she is expected to spend the rest of her life in penitence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnwilling to accept her fate, Chuyia becomes a catalyst for change in the lives of the widows. When her friend, the beautiful widow-prostitute Kalyani, falls in love with Narayan, a young,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eupper-class Gandhian idealist, the affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the delicate balance of power within the ashram. Sidhwa s sensitive storytelling makes this a novel rich with unforgettable characters. Water offers a riveting examination of the lives of widows in colonial India, but ultimately it is a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith and redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53626543341841,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/5254\/9137\/files\/9789699473654.png?v=1780730704","url":"https:\/\/bookmartpk.com\/products\/water-by-bapsi-sidhwa","provider":"Bookmart.pk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}