
The Return Present
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Narrated by:
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Sonia Lakshman
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By:
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Sonia Lakshman
About this listen
It was about or exactly a time in Poona, India, where in a household of all women–bar Raju–a battle of wills ensues. Ferangiz the unofficial head of the household and her sister Farida go head-to-head in a fight over the fate of Mehnaz, their home’s collective and beloved daughter. One calling, the other warning, both with ferocity of feeling.
Superstition encounters conviction, independence counters devotion, rivalry rules the roost, grief finds its rage.
Who will be right, what will be lost, what will the stars foretell. A gate clangs, a tempest begins, and time unwavering spools its tale.
©2025 Sonia Lakshman (P)2025 Sonia Lakshman
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