Aavarana

The Veil

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Aavarana

Written by: Sandeep Balakrishna - translator, S. L. Bhyrappa

Narrated by: Deepti Gupta

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Aavarana: The Veil by S. L. Bhyrappa is a story of a free-spirited and rebellious young woman, Lakshmi, who marries the man she is deeply in love with. Amir, her husband, requests she convert to Islam, and she reluctantly agrees. Despite her father being completely against the marriage, she breaks ties with him and changes her name to Razia. However, things change for the worse, and she discovers a different side to Amir. He is not the progressive and liberal person she thought he was. He, along with his family, forces her into practicing Islam. This sets Lakshmi on a journey to uncover India's history of religion, caste, and creed. And she finds out that although Indian society has come a long way over the centuries, it still remains as rigid as before.

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To my surprise, there were two stories along with us getting to know real history and a view of society then and fake progressive activists now.
The parts of revolting abuse of the Protagonists of the 2nd story was hard to go through, but entirely believable with references.
Same was the feeling for the part of Kashi Viswanath mandir destruction.
I really want to read the first sources now.