About the Book: Bhairavi: The Runaway
A still, dense, ancient forest. A dark cave deep within. And in it a woman-child
whose beauty can move the most pious to sin. Who is she and why did she jump
from a moving train to land in the biggest cremation ground teeming with Aghori
Sadhus? In this story spanning generations and redolent with Gothic imagery,
Shivani urf Gaura Pant tells the story of a womans life, her moral and mental
strength and her resilience. She also examines the choices women have in her
beautiful, descriptive prose. With an erudite foreword by her daughter and
scholar, Mrinal Pande, and a