{"product_id":"benas-summer-paperback","title":"Bena's Summer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShibal Bhartiya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA faint noise reached the kitchen. The tenor and cadence so familiar, drifting from the streets not so far away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen in the kitchen froze. Not one woman sobbed, not one child whimpered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was a set of people that had seen and survived many riots before. Qasai Tola was now silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sitting within this circle of women, oblivious to all that was happening as the tiny town of Sultanpur burned, was Bena, biting happily into the honey-soaked goodness of a hazaar waraq ka paratha. It was difficult to imagine that it had been less than five minutes since the first incoherent chant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it was loud and clear, and very, very near. Perhaps at their doorstep, and reaching an aching crescendo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBena merrily joined in what seemed to her to be a joyful ditty about food. Eight-year-old Benazir, Bena to friends and family, is perhaps the happiest child you know, fond of jalebis, limericks and raw mangoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is surrounded by friends and family, and her life is everything an idyllic childhood should be: protected, loved and edged with rainbow-gold. One summer that bubble bursts when Bena is witness to riots, death, destruction and abuse, in a setting that explains little, and expects children to forget it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Bena, defined by her grit and audacity, is different. This, then, is the story of Bena's Summer...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShibal Bhartiya\u003c\/b\u003e is an eye surgeon based out of Gurgaon, and has trained and worked across India and in Switzerland. Apart from a million prescriptions, she regularly writes up randomized control trials on glaucoma for medical journals, and contributes to major textbooks of ophthalmology. As Aradhya's mother, much of her other writing consists of notes to the football coach. Sometimes, when things get overwhelming, she also writes little notes to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50405720064237,"sku":"9789353576394","price":10.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/benas-summer-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}