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The story is told from the point of view of a small girl who is the niece of the protagonist, Begum Jan. Begum Jan has had a very depressing life after marriage. Her husband, the Nawab, was much older than her and was thought to be extremely…

This novel is generally referred to as a story about the Partition of India, but its original title was “Ice-Candy-Man” which allows for broader interpretation of the story. Sexual awakening is a major theme of the book but so is communal identity as…