About the Book
From one of the most cherished writers of Urdu literature comes a rare story about sight and blindness. Forged from his experience visiting a blind home in Nairobi, Joginder Paul crafts a masterly novel addressing basic issues vis-a-vis human existence - territoriality and borders, strife for political power, relationships and vested interests, corruption, accepting our frailties and discovering the truths about our own selves. Paul also includes a gentle indictment of those with sight: of what use is your sight when you can only look but not see. The blind home of the novel develops as a metaphor for the whole country, recording the spiritual malaise and blindness of contemporary society, its degeneration into sloth, corruption and darkness through journeys into the minds of its characters.
About the Author
Joginder Paul has published over thirteen collections of short stories. He is the recipient of the Qatar International Award, SAARC Lifetime Award, Iqbal Samman and Ghalib Award. Sukrita Paul Kumar holds the Aruna Asaf Ali Chair at the University of Delhi. Her poetry, translated by Gulzar, has been published as a bilingual book, Poems Come Home (HarperCollins).