Geeta Rahman at Championship Point

Synopsis

A young girl's fight to live her dream in a country trying to break free from its past.It's 1993 in New Delhi, the Babri Masjid demolition has just happened, and India is on the verge of opening its economy to the world. Growing up in this new, fast-changing India, Geeta is caught between her great wish — to become India's biggest badminton star — and the grief she is experiencing along with her father. Geeta Rahman at Championship Point is the story of twelve-year-old Geeta Rahman, a badminton prodigy on one hand and an aspiring servant of the Government of India on the other, she is also trying to come to terms with the recent death of her mother.In this moving and distinctively original novel, Saskya Jain brilliantly weaves the personal and the political — as Geeta&’s life within her tightly-knit community unfolds, the story of a liberalized India desperate to channel its newfound ambitions to finally silence the ghosts of Partition also comes to the fore. The answer to whether or not Geeta succeeds, and at what price, is tied to this constantly changing landscape. By using the game of badminton as a metaphor, Jain&’s inventive prose establishes a strong sense of place and meticulously explores the sense of a young girl&’s unique mindset, presenting us with an unforgettable narrator learning to find her place under the sun.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9789392099342

Related ISBNs:

9789392099298

Publisher:

S&S India

Date of Addition:

12/20/21

Copyrighted By:

Saskya Jain

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Sports, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family

Grade Levels:

Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student

Reading Age:

0 and up

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.