Dance O’ Peacock by Aruna Jethwani - 2002

Pustak Mahal/Cedar Books, 2002. Softcover. New. “The novel opens up uncomfortable questions about the biological and social, lack and love and reform and rebellion–to which there are no easy answers. Dance O` Peacock is a truly engaging account of a woman`s search for love, meaning and calling a search for herself.” – Dr. Sharmila Rege, Director, KSP Women`s Studies Centre, University of Poona, Pune “Dance O’ Peacock is the story of Neelam, an intelligent and independent woman. She struggles hard to get rid of the oppressing tradition of taboos. To find solace and to build up inner strength, she puts relationships at stake and rigorously strives for emotional and intellectual freedom; where she can have every right to nurture the weltanschauung of her own. Neelam`s voice against the tradition and history, that have thrown her into such a predicament, could be termed feminist.” – Dr. Khursheed Alam, Urdu writer Printed Pages: 190.