![]() Shalini is reminded that she is an outsider. ![]() Her efforts prove catastrophic, however, and the novel becomes a powerful meditation on the chaos of good intentions – how well-meaning philanthropy can be undone by the naivety of privilege. Maybe, she thinks, she can give something to these people and their lives. However, with each new experience, Shalini feels the pull of a true calling. She struggles to reconcile the push and pull between living “an ordinary life” and the realities of violence. She misunderstands the threat of soldiers. But her background of wealth and privilege is of little use to her here. ![]() Boarding with a kind family amid the political tension and remnants of conflict, she discovers the importance of kinship and community. Shalini decides to track him down, following a half-remembered clue that leads her to a mountain village in Kashmir. ![]()
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