THINGS TO LEAVE BEHIND (HARDCOVER)
It is 1856, in picturesque Kumaon. History has already begun its steady march. Six native women clad in black and scarlet pichauras huddle around Naineetal Lake, attempting to cleanse it of threatening new influences. For, these are the days of Upper Mall Road (for Europeans and their horses) and Lower Mall Road (for dogs, servants and other Indians). And this is the story of feisty young Tilottama Dutt, whose uncle hangs when he protests the reigning order and her daughter, Deoki, who will confront change as Indians and as women.