Inside the HaveliA Modern Classic About An Independent Young Woman S Struggle To Hold On To Her Identity In A Traditional World. Geeta, An Educated, Vivacious Bombay Girl, Marries Into A Conservative Family And Abruptly Finds Herself Living In Purdah In Her Husband S Ancestral Haveli. Faced With This And Other Traditions That Threaten To Snuff Out Her Independence And Progressive Views, Geeta Fights To Maintain The Modem Values That She Has Always Lived By. Inside The Haveli Is The Story Of How Geeta Manages To Carve Out An Identity For Herself In The New And Ostensibly Stifling Environment She Has Been Plunged Into. |
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afraid Ajay Singh anklets asked ayah bangles Bapu Bhabha Bhagwat Singhji's wife Bhatianiji bhopa Binniji blouse Champa child clothes cook courtyard daughter daughter-in-law Daulat Singhji's wife Dhapu door eyes face father feel feet felt Ganga Gangaram Geeta sat girl give go to school Gokul gold gully halva hands head heard Heeralal Hukkum husband in-law Jeewan Niwas jewellery Kanta Kanwar Kanwarani Kanwarani Sa Khyali kitchen verandah knew ladies ladoos Lakshmi leave listened looked maids Manji marriage married Mewar milk mistress morning mother mother-in-law Nandu never Parijiji purdah quietly relatives replied rotis rupees Sangram Singhji's sari Sarju seemed servants shouted silently silver Sita Sita's sitting skirt smile stood talk tears tell thali thought told took touched Udaipur Vijay Bai Vijay's village Vir Singh voice waiting walked woman women worry