THE OTHER SIDE OF LIGHT
“It was an ordinary dawn on an unremarkable day. Lying in bed, I could see a grassy semi-circle of garden through the windows. For a crazed moment, the scene appeared soaked in shades of yellow. Perhaps that’s why, bewildered, I sat up, rubbed final ounces of sleep from my eyes and swung my legs over the bed. Then I walked outside to look for Kabir.”
Commonwealth Book Prize shortlist 2013
“Mishi Saran has transcended her own capacity to etch out a haunting narrative that stays in your mind long after the pages to turn are over.”