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Rupa Publications India WOMEN EXTRAORDINAIRE by Suchita Malik
This is the story of Kaushalya, the sole heiress of a rich family, a girl who dares to dream and lives life on her own terms, questioning ageold customs and traditions Kaushalya’s life sees many ups and downs—from a fairytale childhood in an affluent family to marrying into a middleclass one, from being a young widow with a child to marrying her devar In the background, the country and Kaushalya’s land, Punjab, suffer the ravages of Partition Kaushalya’s resilience is passed on to the other women of the family in the coming generations, all of whom look up to her as an example and follow the values she laid down for them