About the Book: Independence
THREE SISTERS. THEIR UNBREAKABLE BOND. AND A NATION ABOUT TO BE BORN.
Here is a river...
Here is a village...
Here is a grand old mansion...
Here is the country that contains them all...
India. August, 1946. Everything is about to change.
Priya, Jamini and Deepa, Dr Nabakumar Gangulys daughters, live in Ranipur,
Bengal, safe from the rising turbulence in the country. When their father is
killed on Direct Action Day, their world turns upside-down.
Priya, the youngest, intelligent and idealistic, is determined to follow in her
fathers footsteps and become a doctor, no matter how difficult. She is fortunate
to