{"product_id":"the-lady-on-a-horse-and-other-secrets-9789354479649","title":"The Lady on a Horse and Other Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning over a century, The Lady on the Horse tells the story of five generations of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea family in Calcutta. Starting life as a khansama in an Englishman's house in 1900, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDipendra Nath Lahiri dreams of acquiring the wealth and status of a zamindar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis wife Pritilata's skills as a seamstress-much sought after by the memsahibs-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecome the means, and by 1919, their tailoring business, Lahiri \u0026amp; Sons, has made\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem fabulously rich and they've bought a grand mansion, Lahiri Bari. Their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprogeny can live a life of leisure, at par with the white sahibs Dipendra Nath and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePritilata had once served.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with time, Lahiri Bari also becomes the house of many secrets and contested\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elegacies: of injustice, betrayal, love and pain. What was the unmentionable 'thing'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat happened between Neelratan Lahiri's wife Ishwari and the black-as-a-crow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKanailal-the revolutionary who wanted to burn down the Raj? Two generations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elater, what is the mysterious connection between Pixie and the maid's daughter, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAyesha, who grow up like sisters? And what was the oldest secret of them all-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat turned the demure Pritilata into a rebel who rode out of her mansion on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emagnificent horse one day-never to return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the freedom struggle, the Bengal Famine and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePartition, this sprawling family saga explores the insidious implications of class\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand caste through the lives of people thrown together by blood ties and fate lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the story is the idea that everything which happens in the present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas its roots in the past-every generation will be shaped by the legacy it has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeen bequeathed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a rich cast of characters and lyrical prose, Ramona Sen takes us on an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexhilarating roller-coaster ride through the trials and tribulations of one family-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the passionate loves and bitter enmities that shaped their fortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354479649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.68d","brand":"Ramona Sen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774182715573,"sku":"9789354479649","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lady-on-a-horse-and-other-secrets-9789354479649","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}