A Gujarat Here A Gujarat There Krishna Sobti Daisy Rockwell Translation by Krishna Sobti, Daisy Rockwell (translation) 9780670091195, 9789353054762, 0670091197, 9353054761 instant download after payment.

Delhi, 1947. The city surges with Partition refugees. Eager to escape the welter of pain & confusion that surrounds her, young Krishna applies on a whim to a position at a preschool in the princely state of Sirohi, itself on the cusp of transitioning into the republic of India. She is greeted on arrival with condescension for her refugee status, & treated with sexist disdain by Zutshi Sahib, the man charged with hiring for the position. Undaunted, Krishna fights back. 

But when an opportunity to become governess to the child maharaja Tej Singh Bahadur presents itself-and with it a chance to make Sirohi her new home once & for all-there is no telling how long this idyll will last.

Part novel, part memoir, part feminist anthem, A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There is not only a powerful tale of Partition loss & dislocation but also charts the odyssey of a spirited young woman determined to build a new identity for herself on her own terms.

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Daisy Rockwell is a painter, writer & translator living in the US. She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi & Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni's Tamas, & Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard. Her 2019 translation of Krishna Sobti's A Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There was awarded the Modern Language Association’s Aldo & Jeanne Scaglione Translation Prize. She is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize.