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Book Review: Ajeet Cour's autobiography 'Weaving Water'

Traveling on an airline is a good time to read memoirs. For me, reading memoirs is now a way of life and my handbag is usually bursting with books. This time, a powerful voice in Punjabi literature - Ajeet Cour's autobiography 'Weaving Water' translated from the Punjabi by Masooma Ali and Meenu Minocha , kept me glued to every page. [BOOK REVIEW: A Song of Hyderabad]                                       [Image: Speaking Tiger publisher] Ajeet Cour's autobiography took me through a gripping yet somewhat disturbing narrative of what it feels like to grow up in pre-Partition Lahore and struggle to find a decent footing in Delhi.  That she pioneered a literary movement through her short stories and books in Punjabi literature is a well-known and much-respected fact. The experience of reading her autobiography was something far beyond any stretch of imagination.  Bravi...