In the Land of the Lovers: A Punjab Qissa

It evoked in her a feeling of silence and freedom, like riding a bicycle along a dirt track that cut through open fields, far from the watchful eyes of her parents.

Nanaki, a fiercely sensitive young woman, is raised by her grandparents in a quiet neighborhood in Chandigarh. She grows up to become an artist and a professor at an art college. As she moves through an idyllic childhood and a difficult adolescence, her personal journey unfolds against the haunting backdrop of Partition and her b...