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WITNESS THE NIGHT
Fiction (Literary Fiction)
Beautiful Books - February 2010
‘A powerfully-felt, shocking and moving indictment of cruelty and oppression’ -- Maggie Gee
A powerful story about prejudice and violence against women, set in Punjab and Southhall in England. Durga is a traumatized 14-year-old girl, now imprisoned as chief suspect in a sensational case. Every single member of her family - including two servants - had been poisoned and some of the victims viciously stabbed. Could this young girl really have killed thirteen people? If so, was she just evil, or was it a cry for help? She had clearly been raped - or had she? Straight-talking British Sikh social worker Simran Singh is concerned, and fascinated by the case - the murders took place in her home town Jullundur - and travels to Punjab, uncovering more than she wants to know - and others want her to know - about female foeticide.
Biography
Kishwar has had a thirty-year career working in media as a journalist, TV anchor and producer, as well as becoming head of an Indian TV channel. Her book DARLINGJI: THE TRUE LOVE STORY OF NARGIS AND SUNIL DUTT (HarperCollins India, 2007), is regarded as a classic about Indian cinema. She writes a weekly column on culture and politics for The Asian Age, writes scripts and produces films. She lives between London, Delhi and Goa and is married to Lord Desai.
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