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Isbn 9780307356345 97815937669in her second novel, padma viswanathan takes on a difficult subjectthe 1985 bombing of an air india plane on its way from montreal to delhiand approaches it from the vantage point of 2004, during the trial of the two main suspects. Following brahmin tradition, sivakami is married at age ten. This rich and deftly written novel captures the lives of members of a conservative brahmin family living in a small village in southern india. The ever after of ashwin rao by padma viswanathan world.
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