Thursday, January 18th, 2024

2024/004: The Widows of Malabar Hill — Sujata Massey
“A woman has a lifetime for reading. A whole week every month!” Mrs. Sodawalla said. Perveen didn’t quite know what she meant by that... [p. 132]

Perveen Mistry, daughter of a prominent Parsi lawyer, is the only woman solicitor in Bombay. It's a heavy responsibility, and she is fettered by patriarchal conventions and pervasive misogyny. India in 1921Read more... )

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