Life in the Clocktower Valley

<p>Description</p><p>Srinagar summer of 2008: the chinar trees are shedding leaves outdated</p><p>matadors are still polluting the streets and checkpoints with men in army</p><p>fatigue dot the city.</p><p>Samar a college student is head over heels in love with Rabiya his batchmate.</p><p>Secret rendezvous in matadors campus corridors and at the city's historical</p><p>sites help them to get to know each other better. But will their love survive</p><p>the unending curfews and their families' opposing political allegiances?</p><p>Sheikh Mubarak Samar's neighbour is a famed metal craftsman stuck in</p><p>a loveless marriage. He is further distanced from his unsympathetic wife</p><p>Naziya when he loses his cherished pregnant cow on a curfewed night. Will</p><p>their marriage survive the arrival of Rosaline a tourist from New York?</p><p>Sana Mubarak and Naziya's five-year-old daughter is best friends with Pintoji</p><p>the neighbourhood simpleton. Both chase their little dreams together with a</p><p>wide-eyed curiosity ignoring the adults who frequently indulge in the stonethrowing</p><p>game. But what happens when Pintoji ventures out without a care</p><p>during a curfew?</p><p>Delicate and sensitive Life in the Clock Tower Valley is an unusual debut novel</p><p>that travels between Kashmir's pristine past its grievous present and alwaysuncertain</p><p>future giving us an insider's view to everyday life and emotions in</p><p>the conflict-ridden valley</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>