About the Book: Lost and Found in Banaras
Banaras celebrates death, but what does it do to the living dead? When
three-year-old Brinda is widowed after being married for a few hours, her family
refuses to take her back in. Deemed 'munhoos, she finds her way to Nirmala
Ashram in Banaras where she leads a life of child widow under the watchful eye
of Vasanti Bua and her friend, Debi. She and Debi are just another shade of
white in the citys numerous 'white shadows until Sia and Uday return to Banaras.
As visitors to the ancient city, they assumed that the unfinished stories of
their