Swallowing the Sun Book by Author Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri has been an Indian Foreign Service diplomat for twenty-eight years.
About this Book - Buy Book - Click Here - Swallowing the Sun is an epic feat of remembering and storytelling. Through the eyes of its feisty young heroine, Malati, the novel recreates one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Indian history—the struggle for Independence. Download full PDF - Click Here
Malati’s steeliness and fearlessness enable her to defy the constricting patriarchal traditions of her time and take on all those who try to cow her down. As a young girl, Malati fights and defeats the school bully of her village school in Maharashtra. From then onwards, backed by her progressive father, she and her sister Kamala push the boundaries constantly. After an eventful girlhood, the sisters become the first women in their family to go to college.
They end up in Bombay, a hotbed of political ferment, where, even as she is whirled along by the irresistible current and excitement of the battle for Independence, she negotiates the small and big aspects of everyday life—love, loss, failure, and compromise.
Imaginative, compelling, and exquisitely told, Swallowing the Sun is one of the most memorable debut novels in recent years.
Lakshmi Puri has been an Indian Foreign Service diplomat for twenty-eight years. She served in leadership positions at the United Nations for fifteen years, most recently as its Assistant Secretary General. She was a leader in the first global organization to promote gender equality—UNWOMEN, for seven foundational years. She is the recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, among others.
Fantastic spin of words through which you have really spun this whole beautiful yarn of thoughts, ideas and struggles as well as dreams of generations.’- Navika Kumar, Times Now
‘It's being touted as one of the most powerful and memorable novels of the 21st century.’-Marya Shakil, NDTV
‘I totally enjoyed reading it. I could not put it down, it's unputdownable. This is the book which will stay with us for long period of time.’-Priya Sehgal, News X
‘Swallowing the Sun by Lakshmi Puri (@lakshmiunwomen) is a stunning exploration of love, valour, and India's struggle for independence. Through the eyes of three generations of women, and especially those of its unforgettable heroine, Malati, the novel captures the exhilarating highs and terrible lows of the most tumultuous period in modern Indian history. Original and exciting, this novel will be remembered as one of the most powerful debuts by an Indian writer in the 21st century.’- Suhel Seth
‘Celebrate my sister and former colleague at UNwomen Lakshmi Puri. Her book shares some important moments in the Indian great story. It’s told by a woman who never forgets the place of women in this world…’ -Phumzile Mlambo – Ngcuka, Former Executive Director of UN Women & Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
‘It's an incredible book, an epic saga.’ - Mandira Nayar, The Week
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