Each morning, Bhima, a domestic servant in contemporary Bombay, leaves her own small shanty in the slums to tend to another womanâs house. In Sera Dubashâs home, Bhima scrubs the floors of a house in which she remains...
In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in India, rarely addressed in contemporary fiction.