the past does not disappear. it changes address.
Civil Lines Radhika Swarup This was another find from the fill the box book fair I went to and also another book I went for just because of its cover.But this time the book did not betray me unlike the last one. Civil Lines by Radhika Swarup is a quite interesting book which explores struggles of women in the Indian society, sisterhood and grief. The novel follows two sisters , Siya and her elder sister Maya. Siya travels back to her home, a 'crumbling Lutyens' behemoth'(a large mansion), in the infamous Civil Lines in Delhi to an under maintained house and a sister who is losing her character and life to grief. A major turning point in the story arrives when the sisters decide to revamp their childhood home and they discover their mother, Rupa Sharma's, first and last editorial , penned in the early 1900s.They discover another woman behind their mother's motherly instincts and her mask of love.A rebel , strong and ...