About the Book: When the Moon Shines by Day
India has changed. Rehana finds her fathers books on medieval history have been
'disappeared from bookstores and libraries. Her young domestic help, Abdul,
discovers it is safer to be called Morari Lal in the street, but there is no
such protection from vigilante fury for his Dalit friend, Suraj. Kamlesh, a
diplomat and writer, comes up against official wrath for his anti-war views. A
bomb goes off at Cyrus Batliwalas gallery on the opening day of an art show.
Presiding over this new world is the Director of Cultural Transformation, whose
smiling affability masks a relentless