17 Tomatoes - Tales from Kashmir

Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Jaspreet SinghPublisher: IndiaInkYear: 2006Language: EnglishPages: 151ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186939296 Description17 tomatoes is a series of linked stories that revolve around two Sikh bys coming of age in an Indian Army camp in Kashmir. Each story takes a minor character from the previous tale and builds a new tale, weaving a collective portrait of the border community. In addition to the boys, Adi (a student of gardens) and Arjun (a budding chemist), we meet a boatman’s daughter, a celebrity cricket umpire and Parachute Aunty. From modern missiles to cricket matches, from religious miracles to the sumptuous gardens of Shalimar and Nishat, Singh treats beauty, politics, and religion in a gentle and humane manner.REVIEWSSeventeen Tomatoes is a quiet but worthy debut, a love letter penned to the many-faced land of Singh’s youth.-Montreal Review of BooksDraws of Salman Rushdie and Ben Okris’s pioneering ex