Across the Line

<p><b>A tale of borders and beliefs </b><b>shaped by the games people play</b></p><p><b>1947</b><br><b>New Delhi.</b> Cyril Radcliffe's hands are clammy partly from the heat but mostly from the enormity of the task assigned. Mopping the sweat off his brow he picks up his pen draws a deep breath--and a dark line.<br><b>Rawalpindi.</b> A barbaric frenzy of rioters fills the streets disrupting a game of pithoo between Toshi and her brother Tarlok shattering their lives unimaginably.</p><p><b>2008</b><br><b>Rawalpindi.</b> Cricket-crazy Inaya is sneaking out behind her father's back for net practice when she discovers that she is not the only one in her family keeping a secret. <br><b>New Delhi.</b> Jai accidentally stumbles upon an old hidden away diary in his kitchen. The date of its last entry: 17 August 1947.</p><p>As Jai and Inaya's unlikely worlds collide another story unfolds. A story that started with the drawing of a line. A story that shifts the truth in their lives.</p><p>'<i>Compelling and uplifting . . . lingers long after the last page is turned</i>' Vidya Balan</p>