{"id":1148,"date":"2021-04-25T22:16:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T03:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2021-04-25T22:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T03:16:45","slug":"duva-anjali-mitter-faint-promise-of-rain-she-writes-press-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=1148","title":{"rendered":"Duva, Anjali Mitter. Faint Promise of Rain. She Writes Press, 2014."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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It is 1554 in the desert of Rajasthan, and a new Mughal emperor is expanding his territory. In a family of Hindu temple dancers a daughter, Adhira, must carry on her family\u2019s sacred tradition. Her father, against his wife and sons\u2019 protests, insists Adhira \u201cmarry\u201d the temple deity and give herself to a wealthy patron. But after one terrible evening, she makes a brave choice that carries her family\u2019s story and their dance to a startling new beginning. Told from the perspective of this exquisite dancer and filled with the sounds, sights and flavors of the Indian desert, Faint Promise of Rain is the story of a family and a girl caught between art, duty, and fear in a changing world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary from publisher\u2019s website It is 1554 in the desert of Rajasthan, and a new Mughal emperor is expanding his territory. In a family of Hindu temple dancers a daughter, Adhira, must carry on her family\u2019s sacred tradition. Her father, against his wife and sons\u2019 protests, insists Adhira \u201cmarry\u201d the temple deity and give herself Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[132,40],"tags":[34,135,48],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literature-with-courtesan-characters","category-novels","tag-devadasi","tag-literature-with-courtesan-characters","tag-primary-source"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t