With Krishna's Eyes

 

Krishna has been in New York, making documentaries. But, following the death of her grandmother, the all-knowing Dadiji, Krishna returns to her home village in a part of India so feudal, almost medieval in its ways, that, in spite of her essential urbanity and modernity, she must make concessions to tradition. A strange bequest awaits Krishna upon her return. From beyond the grave, Dadiji directs Krishna to enact her dharma (duty), which, it transpires, is to document on film the last days of Damayanti, a strong-minded lawyer who, upon the death of her husband, will commit sati. Krishna, the “warrior” and the first girl child to be born to her family in five centuries, finds herself caught between the modern world of loose ties and casual relationships (as personified by her westernised lover, Natchek), and the older ties of blood and obligation, where honour transcends love. Always a rebel, Krishna has to confront the fact that her dharma comprises an act as conforming and backward as it is subversive...

With Krishna's Eyes has been published in Spain under the title, La Mirada de Krishna, by Ediciones El Cobre Spain. Within India, it has been published by Rupa, and was launched in New Delhi on 20th July

 

 

Sunny with Prabha Tonk & Simran Bhargava at the Oxford Bookstore in New Delhi

(Photo Courtesy: Prabhas Roy)

 

 

 

Click here to read an extract from With Krishna's Eyes in the following languages:

1. English

2. Spanish

3. French

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