Ret Samadhi by Geetanjali Shree
An elderly woman emerges from a long, debilitating grief with a mischievous refusal to return to the quiet role assigned to her, and her sudden reinvention upends the lives of her family and community. Playful, formal and often uproarious, the narrative follows the ripple effects of her decisions—family quarrels, a fraught journey to confront buried histories, and encounters that force younger generations to face the legacy of Partition, memory and loss. Through rich, inventive language it examines aging, female agency and the healing (and disruptive) power of storytelling.
- Published
- 2018
- Nationality
- Indian
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Hindi
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- Alternate Titles
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- Tomb of Sand
- रेत समाधि
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