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Ismael Rajai's family is wiped out in a communal riot, and he has to begin again. Over the years he is a power-loom owner and a teacher in Bombay and Bhiwandi, a landlord's friend and a father, and later a college lecturer in Bihar, held up by bonds with people of other faiths and castes. His doctoral research on what Muslims gave to ancient India, starting with the arrival of Muhammad bin Qasim and the Sufi saint Ali Hujwiri, at first troubles his friend Anil Sharma. Around Ismael, hysteria whipped up over caste and religion keeps breaking into private lives, and the novel's long conversations become a debate on Hindu-Muslim relations, nationalism and self-deception.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

338 pages in the original

Genres

Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

India

First published

2017 by Arshia Publications

Author's age

68 when first published