A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There

Delhi 1947. The city surges with Partition refugees. Eager to escape the welter of pain and confusion that surrounds her young Krishna applies on a whim to a position at a preschool in the princely state of Sirohi itself on the cusp of transitioning into the republic of India. She is greeted on arrival with condescension for her refugee status and treated with sexist disdain by Zutshi Sahib the man charged with hiring for the position. Undaunted Krishna fights back. But when an opportunity to become governess to the child maharaja Tej Singh Bahadur presents itself-and with it a chance to make Sirohi her new home once and for all-there is no telling how long this idyll will last.Part novel part memoir part feminist anthem A Gujarat Here A Gujarat There is not only a powerful tale of Partition loss and dislocation but also charts the odyssey of a spirited young woman determined to build a new identity for herself on her own terms. About the Author Krishna Sobti is one of the most respected writers in the Hindi canon. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novelZindaginama and in 1996 was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship the highest award of the Akademi. In 2017 she received the Jnanpith Award for her contribution to Indian literature.Daisy Rockwell is an artist writer and translator living in northern New England USA. Apart from her essays on literature and art she has writtenUpendranath Ashk: A Critical BiographyThe Little Book of Terror and the novelTaste. Her highly acclaimed translations include among others Upendranath Ashk'sFalling Walls and Bhisham Sahni'sTamas published in Penguin Classics.