A murder mystery combined with stringent social commentary set in Punjab. Simran Singh is a social worker sent to investigate the case of a thirteen-year-old girl found badly injured but alive amidst the murdered bodies of her entire extended family. She's been imprisoned, and while it's clear that local authorities would like to hold her solely responsible and be done with it, Simran has her doubts. The story unfolds in the alternating perspectives of Simran and the child, whose memories have an intense
dream-like quality. Touching on issues of infanticide and the deplorable state of women in the region, Desai manages to be both outraged and cool at the same time. Very good.
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