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Varmull, nestled amidst the mighty Pir Mountains and the Jhelum River, with its small-town familiarity exchanged in quiet lanes, has always been home. Until violence overwhelms the streets, and there is no option but to flee. For six punishing summers in a sweltering Delhi barsati, Rahul, Doora and their young son try to push back their memories and their longing for Kashmir. Around them, the city remains rude and alien. Their landlord calls Rahul a Muslim-Brahmin because he eats meat; his Pandit relatives want him to join a Hindu extremist group. It isn’t then long before Rahul flees again, this time to England, where he hopes he will not have to make these choices: Pandit or Kashmiri? Professor or husband? Rational intellectual or wounded exile? Expat or refugee?

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'A necessary, beautiful novel, written from a place of love. Sandeep Raina has the great gift of memory and empathy. It is a novel decades in the making, a novel Sandeep had to write to be able to live.' Basharat Peer, author of Curfewed Night

‘A necessary, beautiful novel, written from a place of love. Sandeep Raina has the great gift of memory and empathy. It is a novel decades in the making, a novel Sandeep had to write to be able to live.’ Basharat Peer, author of Curfewed Night

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Sandeep Raina was born and raised in Kashmir, where he graduated as an engineer. His work has enabled him to travel across the world and learn new cultures. He has spent much of his life in Delhi, Istanbul and London. When he lived in Turkey, he was stirred to write about migration, and a novel came to life in England. This is his first book.He has also written short stories, which have been published in The Times of India, The Hindu, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Wire and Khaleej Times.

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