About Book
Set partly in the small, buzzing town of Amritsar and partly in New Delhi, this is the story of Rani, a young woman in contemporary India. She enjoys her work in a local beauty parlour though her lower middle-class family lives in a state of constant struggle–to make ends meet, to hang on to their dreams, to keep their fragile lives from collapsing.
As their financial troubles escalate, so do Rani’s sister-in-law’s taunts, brother’s frustration and father’s resignation. Random events happen that affect each of them, changing their lives forever.
Tell Me A Story displays remarkable clarity and depth in drawing up the real semi- urban living in India. Fragile and touching, it reminds us of how thin, tenuous are the connections which bind us to our illusory, sane-seeming lives.
About Author
Rupa Bajwa’s debut novel The Sari Shop was published in 2004 to critical acclaim. The novel went on to win the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best First Book (Eurasia Region), Grinzane Cavour Award for Best Debut Fiction and Sahitya Akademi Award for Best English Fiction (India), and was longlisted for the Orange Prize.