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“Silver Haze by Pankaj Varma is a Mirror of its Times! A five star classic to be kept prominently on the bookshelf!” -Deepak Menon Internationally Published Author of Award Winning Books
"Silver Haze transported me… fascinating look at the history and culture of India before and after Independence, and a touching story about the life of an Indian woman" - J. Weaver(Hampshire, UK) Goodreads Author
“Written from the heart.” - Varsha Uke Nagpal, Blogger and Author
“A poignant sweep through a family's tribulations through 4 generations.” - An Amazon Customer
“SIMPLY UNPUTDOWNABLE!!! …Could identify easily with the protagonist” - Ranjana Bharij
“Very enjoyable read” - Brinda Ganesh
“A Beautifully Told Story” - Robert Fear, Author of Fred's Diary 1981
“A fabulous read!” - Vidya Murthy Lahir
“A very rich story, wonderfully written!” - Zainab Zaidi
“Simply awesome!!” - Garima Setia, Maastricht, NL
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The storyline or rather the narration spawns across three generations and covers all the significant events that occur in the life of a woman belonging to a middle class Punjabi family, uprooted during partition and beginning life afresh across the border in India. Educated but at the same time subjected to the prevailing societal norms regarding love, marriage and a patriarchal outlook, ultimately settling down to the joys of parenthood, a family and grandchildren thereafter to the sorrow of separation and increasing feelings of isolation and then to a slow deterioration of mental recall, all are there in the book. The events are so well stitched together through seamless narration that one cannot but laud the author’s felicity with the language and his minute attention to detail. The narration is sensitive and touching.
In all, this is a great book that highlights a condition that anyone of us would be susceptible to. Recommended as a must read.