Brothers

Tapti Gaina's life is bound up with two men: her husband and his brother. Through her, Manju Kapur follows the Gaina family across several decades, from their village roots to the growing city of Ajmer and finally to the heights of political power in Jaipur.

Against the backdrop of caste, student politics, the freedom struggle and the Emergency, the novel examines ambition, desire, betrayal and anguish. All of it plays out within a family whose relationships keep shifting under pressure.