Shambala Junction
Iris is visiting India from the U.S. for the first time with her fiancé, and not enjoying it. When she steps off the train for a water at Shambala Junction, little does she know that her life is about to undergo a radical change.
Along the way, she finds real friendship, learns what counts and grows to love the country.
Shambala Junction by Dipika Mukherjee wins the Virginia Prize!
The judges were unanimous in selecting this novel which they felt dealt with a serious subject in an imaginative way. The Virginia Prize is dedicated to women writing fiction in English from around the world. The book was published by Aurora Metro and launched in London in October 2016 as part of the Richmond Literary Festival.
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Reviews
“…(Mukherjee’s) light, humorous style and engaging, believable characters make her book enticing and very readable…What emerges is a powerful tale of treachery, poverty – and both cute and inexcusable ignorance on the part of its lead character Iris (an Indian American).” – asianculturevulture.com
"Her true patriotism for India" - Shambala Junction, A Review by Elizabeth Melvin
Dipika Mukherjee expresses her true patriotism for India not by avoiding the uncomfortable realities but instead by bringing light to the possibility of change through storytelling.
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