About the Book: Courtesans of Karim Street
A spiteful anonymous letter. The promise of a redgold tree. And Megan Adams sets
off on a ten thousand mile journey. From the scenic suburbs of Princeton and a
high crime neighbourhood of Newark in USA, onwards to India, into the posh parts
of New Delhi and the narrow bazaars of the old city, Megans travel plucks her
from the politics of American academia to bring her face to face with the
lurking shadows of an untold past. On an entirely different journey is Naina, a
young Indian woman who must navigate the stony, impenetrable divide between the
old and