About the Author

Saswati Sengupta teaches English literature at Miranda House, University of Delhi.

Reviews

"Take a powerful idea. Add a dash of melodrama in the beginning. Chop mythology and put in the pieces. Sprinkle symbolism generously. Cook it all in the oil of history. On a high flame of feminist rebellion against traditional male dominance. And serve . . . . Sengupta asks all the uncomfortable questions. And, through the green-eyed woman in white who forces the Chattopadhyay men to confront their shameful past, she gives us some pretty discomfiting answers too."--Arunava Sinha "Tehelka"