Inside the Haveli

Inside the Haveli
Author: Rama Mehta
Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1994
Genre: India
ISBN: 9780704343948

In this novel the author draws back the curtains on a deeply felt and ongoing tradition. Through the eyes of the main character, Geeta, she goes behind the scenes into a way of life that has long been shrouded in mystery. When Geeta, an educated, outgoing young woman from Bombay, marries into a staunchly traditional family, she suddenly finds herself forced to live in purdah in her husband's ancient home, the haveli. Unable to escape from the conservative customs that now define her life, she struggles to hold on to the modern values she has grown to cherish. Can she discover new meaning and dignity in what at first seems to her a strange and stultifying existence?

Inside the Haveli

Inside the Haveli
Author: Rama Mehta
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1996
Genre: Indic fiction (English)
ISBN: 9780140261202

This Indian novel takes the reader behind the scenes of an ongoing, deeply rooted tradition and into a way of life that for outsiders has long been veiled with mystery.

Haveli

Haveli
Author: Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307977897

The world of Newbery Honor Book Shabanu is vividly re-created in this novel of a young Pakistani woman's heartbreaking struggle against the tyranny of custom and ancient law. Shabanu, now a mother at 18, faces daily challenges to her position in her husband's household, even as she plans for her young daughter's education and uncertain future. Then, during a visit to the haveli, their home in the city of Lahore, Shabanu falls in love with Omar, in spite of traditions that forbid their union.

Shabanu

Shabanu
Author: Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307977889

The Newbery Honor winner about a heroic Pakistani girl that The Boston Globe called “Remarkable . . . a riveting tour de force.” Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she’s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family’s honor—or listen to the stirrings of her own heart? A New York Times Notable Book “Staples has accomplished a small miracle in her touching and powerful story.” —The New York Times

Gender, History, and Culture

Gender, History, and Culture
Author: Supriya Agarwal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Rajasthan (India)
ISBN: 9788131602478

Contributed articles on a novel by Rama Mehta based on the culture and traditions of Rajasthan, India with special reference to women.

The House of Djinn

The House of Djinn
Author: Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1466814381

Suzanne Fisher Staples returns to modern-day Pakistan to reexamine the juxtaposition of traditional Islamic values with modern ideals of love, in this commanding standalone sequel to Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind and Haveli. It has been ten years since Shabanu staged her death to secure the safety of her daughter, Mumtaz, from her husband's murderous brother. Mumtaz has been raised by her father's family with the education and security her mother desired for her, but with little understanding and love. Only her American cousin Jameel, her closest confidant and friend, and the beloved family patriarch, Baba, understand the pain of her loneliness. When Baba unexpectedly dies, Jameel's succession as the Amirzai tribal leader and the arrangement of his marriage to Mumtaz are revealed, causing both to question whether fulfilling their duty to the family is worth giving up their dreams for the future. The House of Djinn is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Indian Mansions

Indian Mansions
Author: Sarah Tillotson
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1998
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Indian Mansions follows the course of a day in the life of a haveli, expanding specific events to examine wider patterns of life, and combining individual observations with the historical background. The book draws on written accounts, from the diary of the Mughal Emperor Babur to the reminiscences of those who worked for the British East India Company, and it is brought up to date by the author s first-hand interviews with those who live in the havelis today.

Footsteps in Time

Footsteps in Time
Author: Archana Pathak
Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9390463769

What happens when you visit a place that blurs the lines between the present and the past, where your reality gets tangled with a shadow of an alternate reality? When Aparna comes to the village to assist her mother in selling their ancestral house, little does she know that she is going to embark on a journey, which will shake the very core of her sanity. An antiquated Haveli, an echoing past, a spectre from beyond will put her on a path that would be strewn with secrets; secrets that were kept from her by her own family. In order to solve the puzzle that is consuming her very being, she will have to make some difficult choices. Will she find the answers she is looking for?

The Inside View

The Inside View
Author: Rangrao Bhongle
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2003
Genre: Indic fiction (English)
ISBN: 9788126902750

The Present Volume Includes Critical And Insightful Essays On Native Responses To Contemporary Indian English Novel. Nativism As An Ideology Cannot Be Accepted In Toto In The Indian Context, As There Are Several Paradoxical And Self-Contradictory Factors Operating Within The Indian Social Structure. The Nativist Approach To Indian English Literature Cannot Be An Effective Device To Assess The Genre. To Be Carried Away By The Waves Of The Western Thought Would Also Be Equally Ridiculous. Therefore, To Understand The Not So New Phenomenon Now, Dispassionate And Objective Criteria Has To Be Evolved. The Essays In This Volume Endeavour To Reach Out To The Indian English Novel With As Much Objective Understanding Of The Discipline As Necessary. The Title Of The Book Indicates Native Responses, Not Nativist, Because There Is No Theory Involved, Or Any Permanent Set Of Values To Be Adopted For Evaluating Indian English Novel. Nevertheless, The Essays Included In The Volume Are Meant To Clear The Web Of Misunderstanding Created By Nativism And Cosmopolitanism Together And Find A Way Out To Better Understanding And Appreciation Of Contemporary Indian English Novel.It Is Hoped That The Volume Will Be Of Immense Use To The Common Reader As Well As To The Serious Critics Of Contemporary Indian English Novel.