Post Box No. 203, Nala Sopara
Publisher:
Sahitya Akademi
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Country of Origin:
India
Age Range:
18-100
Average Reading Time
416 mins
Book Description
Post Box No. 203, Nala Sopara by Chitra Mudgal is an extremely moving, sensitive, urgent novel about the life of a transgender, Vinod is an all-rounder in school, a promising mathematician, inlove with a girl, the object of envy by friends. Forceful separation from his family by a gang of hijras pushes him into the darkest dungeons of society. His childhood is destroyed due to the reluctance of his family to disclose his identity to society but he he refuses to give up his dreams of livinga normal life. The novel also projects a beautiful relationship between mother and son. Read on to find what happens to his zeal... a thought provoking and riveting tale of love, separation, pain, grit, couragem friendship, conspiracy, barbarity and undying hope.