01403cam a2200217   4500001000500000005001700005008004100022010001700063020002900080100002300109245004200132264003900174300002300213336002600236337002800262338002700290500004700317500001100364520077800375651003201153590620181127180526.0160405s2016    ii            000 1 eng d  a  2016317127  a9789351777458 (hardback)0 aSrinivasan, Ashok.10aOnce upon a time /cAshok Srinivasan. 1aNew Delhi :bFourth Estate,c2016.  a167 pages ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a""Winner of the Hindu prize 2014""--Cover.  aNovel.  aBrinda Murty is born and brought up in a traditional  joint family in Bangalore, though her life is anything  but commonplace. She can recall things that happened  before she was born and comes of age in a home where not  just time but history has gone haywire. In her teens, she  discovers that physical contact with her heals some  people, but does not work so well for those she is close  to. As the others around her age and decay, she remains  young and grows ever more radiantly beautiful. But the  price she has to pay is a deepening loneliness. Part  fairy tale and part savage reality, Once Upon a Time is a  multi-layered narrative from a winner of The Hindu Prize  and greatly relevant at the time of a raging debate on  the issue of tolerance in Indian society.  aIndia -- Fiction.vxyz2