Fifty-Five Pillars, Red Walls

Description

First published in 1961, Usha Priyamvada's debut novel Pachpan Khambe, Laal

Deewaarein is located within the boundaries of an all-women's college in Delhi.

Behind its walls is Sushma Sharma-lecturer, warden, single, and sole provider

for her large family. Despite her relative youth and elegance, she is resigned to the

regimented loneliness of her life, until a chance meeting with the charismatic Neel.

Then, long-thwarted desires uncurl and the shackles she has accepted suddenly begin

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