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The title character in this novel had a Hindu father and an American mother. Raised in New England her mother, Barbara, marries Ashok and moves to India. Their daughter, Sushila has a passion for painting and insists on going her own way.
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Dedication: To Shakuntla and Gopal Khosla
Epigraph: Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust. (The Duchess of Malfi. Act V, Sc. 5.)
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