Sunlight on a Broken Column
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Laila grows up in a large, traditional household in Lucknow in the years before India won independence. Her family belongs to an old landowning Muslim gentry whose world is shaped by custom, status and the seclusion of women. Caught between the affection of relatives, the expectations placed on a young woman, and the growing pull of new political ideas, Laila begins to question the life laid out for her.
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Her journey is one of awakening, marked by friendships, love and loss. As the nationalist movement gathers strength and the country moves toward Partition, the household that once seemed permanent begins to crack, and Laila must decide what she is willing to fight for.
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