A RESTLESS WIND BY SHAHRUKH HUSAIN (HARDCOVER)

A Restless Wind describes the position of rajas of the princely states of India amidst the flux of a transforming nation .Intertwining memory with contemporary events, it evokes a beautiful past and a troubled present,providing a vivid and intese read.Book Features:Explores themes of state and statelessness,home and identity, legal and illegal immigration, law and its loopholes, Muslim and Hindu. Banks on remembrances of the members of generations of the Ramzi and Vamana families and how their fortunes are intertwined. Examines love of various kinds-forbidden, marital, childhood, for a child, between siblings, deep male friendship. Also fixates on guilt, remorse, fatigue, a sense of lassitude that permeates the seemingly crumbling relationships that are held together by fragile strings.Moves across London, Gujarat and KarachiDisplays tension between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat, which comes to a head with Zara’s kidnapping.Evokes memory of a place and a time past.Beautiful, thoughtful read.