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The Forbidden Daughter

di Shobhan Bantwal

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Fiction. Literature. HTML: *A young mother in India fights prejudice and persecution in this emotional, suspenseful novel by the author of The Dowry Bride* and The Sari Shop Widow.** It's a girl! For most young couples, news of their unborn child's gender brings joyful anticipation. Not so for Isha Tilak and her husband, Nikhil. They already have a beloved daughter, but Nikhil's parents, hard-wired to favor male children above all, coldly reject little Priya at every turn. Vain and selfish, they see female grandchildren as burdens�??as curses instead of blessings�??and readily ignore the one growing in Isha's belly. Even the obstetrician agrees, going so far as to suggest the unthinkable, throwing Nikhil into a rage�??and changing Isha's life forever . . . When Nikhil is discovered brutally murdered, Isha is convinced it had something to do with his reaction to the doctor's hideous "solution" to their problem. Alone, grief-stricken, and relentlessly oppressed by in-laws who believe her baby is a bad omen, Isha sets out on her own. Born into a privileged class, Isha doesn't know the first thing about fending for herself, but to protect her precious daughters, she will learn. Isha clings to the hope given to her by a strange old mystic: that her baby will arrive on the auspicious night of Kojagari Purnima, the full harvest moon, and be a gift from Lakshmi, the goddess of well-being. Isha and her girls will need all the blessings they can get, for the greatest danger of all lies ahead .… (altro)

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The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal revolves around the issue of gender selective abortions. This is a practise that, although illegal, is not uncommon in India, where tradition and culture favors the birth of a male heir. In this story, pregnant with their second girl child, Nikhil and Isha are offered an abortion. They are incensed that the doctor, and Nikhil’s parents think this is an acceptable choice yet while Isha simply changes doctors, her husband gathers evidence against the abortionist but before he can go to the police he is murdered. We then follow Isha as she leaves her in-laws home and tries to make a life for herself and her children.

This is an excellent story that draws the reader into the life of this young mother as she tries to build a new life for herself and her daughters. She is helped along the way by a caring sister-in-law who goes against her parents wishes to help her and by a young doctor who becomes involved with the small family and grows to love them.

Set in contemporary India, the book becomes equal parts of a family drama and a murder mystery. With it’s poignant story line, well developed characters and intriguing setting, Forbidden Daughter is well worth a read. (

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DeltaQueen50 | Feb 15, 2020 |

The Forbidden Daughter is a novel about how the selective abortion of female fetuses has been used by those who care about the old ways in order to produce only male heirs.

Isha Tilak and her husband Nikhil have one daughter, Priya. Priya is treated abysmally by her grandparents compared to her male cousins but the family does not address the issue. When Isha becomes pregnant for the second time an ultrasound is performed to check the baby's health but also to check the sex of the baby. When Isha is found to be pregnant with her second daughter her ob-gyn offers to perform an abortion. In addition, her in-laws demand that she abort the child. Selective abortion is not legal in 2006 India and Isha's Doctor, Dr. Karnik, has broken the law by offering to perform an abortion. Nikhil is outraged and gathers information on Dr. Karnik but is unable to use it after he is mysteriously killed at the office. Isha's in-laws blame the death on a curse from the unborn baby but she is convinced that it has something to do with Dr. Karnik's solution to her problem.

This is a beautifully written novel about modern Indian culture. It gives an interesting look into the continued importance of having a male heir in today's society. The author took on a tough subject and made it a captivating read. I was pleased to see the main character forego her Brahman upbringing and go out on her own to raise her daughters. She overcame the notion of how a well-bred woman should behave and became an independent woman. (

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Violette62 | Feb 19, 2017 |

The book started out a little slow, but then picked up enough to make me keep reading a chapter here and there throughout the day. The relationship between Isha and the doctor, as well as Isha's relationship with her sister-in-law was nice. Maybe one further chapter - x years in the future - would have been nice to round off the story. (

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eesti23 | Apr 29, 2016 |

I like Bantwal, but this one parts of the plot felt very familiar, and others were too obvious in advance. Not her best effort. (

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MarthaJeanne | Nov 5, 2012 |

Love the cover. This book gave me an insight on how India must have been like. I would want to read it again and again. (

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lissyavon | Oct 2, 2011 |

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Fiction. Literature. HTML:

A young mother in India fights prejudice and persecution in this emotional, suspenseful novel by the author of The Dowry Bride and The Sari Shop Widow.

It's a girl! For most young couples, news of their unborn child's gender brings joyful anticipation. Not so for Isha Tilak and her husband, Nikhil. They already have a beloved daughter, but Nikhil's parents, hard-wired to favor male children above all, coldly reject little Priya at every turn. Vain and selfish, they see female grandchildren as burdens�??as curses instead of blessings�??and readily ignore the one growing in Isha's belly. Even the obstetrician agrees, going so far as to suggest the unthinkable, throwing Nikhil into a rage�??and changing Isha's life forever . . .

When Nikhil is discovered brutally murdered, Isha is convinced it had something to do with his reaction to the doctor's hideous "solution" to their problem. Alone, grief-stricken, and relentlessly oppressed by in-laws who believe her baby is a bad omen, Isha sets out on her own. Born into a privileged class, Isha doesn't know the first thing about fending for herself, but to protect her precious daughters, she will learn.

Isha clings to the hope given to her by a strange old mystic: that her baby will arrive on the auspicious night of Kojagari Purnima, the full harvest moon, and be a gift from Lakshmi, the goddess of well-being. Isha and her girls will need all the blessings they can get, for the greatest danger of all lies ahead .

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