About the Book: Alipura
Village Alipura, Jhansi district, the late 1960s. The Dube family widowed
mother, four sons and a daughter are precariously solvent, but kept going by
their dreams. Their immediate aspiration is to find a husband for Binnoo. But
the boys have dreams as well of wealth, political power, dacoity, romance, or
even just passing the Intermediate exam. A perennial bestseller since its Hindi
publication (as Baramasi) in 1999, Alipura is beloved for its indelible
characters, rambunctious plot, the way in which it leavens tragedy with humour
and, above all, for its sense of place. With a wit both savage and tender,
sparing none