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          Born on August 11, in Karachi, in what is now Pakistan, and migrating shortly thereafter to Lahore, Bapsi Sidhwa witnessed the bloody Partition of the.!

          Water introduces us to eight-year-old Chuyia, transported from a child's carefree life and a loving family to a widows' ashram on the fringes of society.

        1. Water introduces us to eight-year-old Chuyia, transported from a child's carefree life and a loving family to a widows' ashram on the fringes of society.
        2. The article enquired how Bapsi Sidhwa's Water critiques the cultural and religious practices surrounding widowhood in s.
        3. Born on August 11, in Karachi, in what is now Pakistan, and migrating shortly thereafter to Lahore, Bapsi Sidhwa witnessed the bloody Partition of the.
        4. A Pakistani-origin Parsi, she spent her life in Lahore, Mumbai and America teaching and writing some novels that carried her life experiences.
        5. Interview with Bapsi Sidhwa Making up with Painful History.

          6. Bapsi Sidhwa Biography

          Nationality: American (Pakistani exile, emigrated to United States, 1984). Born: Bapsi Bhandara, Karachi, Pakistan, 1938. Education: Kinnaird College for Women, B.A.

          1956. Career: Conducted novel writing workshops, Rice University, 1984-86; assistant professor of creative writing, University of Houston, 1985. President, International Women's Club of Lahore, 1975-77.

          Bapsi Sidhwa, one of Pakistan's most acclaimed English-language novelists, died in Houston, Texas in the United States on Wednesday, Dawn reported.

          Pakistan's delegate to Asian Women's Congress, 1975. Agent: Elizabeth Grossman, Sterling Lord Literary Agency Inc., 1 Madison Ave, New York, New York 10021, U.S.A.

          PUBLICATIONS

          Novels

          The Crow Eaters. Lahore, Pakistan, Imani Press, 1978; London, Cape, 1980; New York, St.

          Martin's Press, 1983.

          The Bride. New York, St. Martin's Press, and London, Cape, 1983.

          Ice-Candy-Man. London, Heinemann, 1988; as Cracking India, Minneapolis, Milkweed Editions, 1991.

          An American Brat. Minneapolis, Milkweed Editions, 1993; London, Penguin, 1994.

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