Story difficult daughters manju kapur biography full

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Set around the time of partition, Kapur traces the life of her mother in the undivided Punjab. Virmati, a year-old Fine Arts student in Amritsar belongs to an open and high-minded Punjabi family. She falls in love with her neighbour Harish, an Oxford-return English professor. He is already married and has children and that is where the story gets a bit haywire and complicated.

Virmati is in a constant tussle between her illicit love and her desire for education. Being surrounded by some independent and progressive women, Virmati starts to question and deconstruct her preconceived thoughts on marriage, love, jobs, and country.

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She makes Virmati see the other side of the world by telling her how women in Lahore are independent and lead their own lives. She tells her how they are fighting for the freedom of the nation by conducting political meetings and joining and demonstrating rallies. Above all, she watched how her sister never seemed to question or doubt herself in anything.

Meanwhile, Virmati is also in awe of her roommate Swarna, who actively engaged in the Satyagraha movement. Virmati evolves with the story.