Henna Artist

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Henna artist. Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage seventeen year old lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of jaipur. And in the author s note alka said she wrote this novel for her mother and reimagined her existence as the main character who creates a life for her own. Through her work painting henna onto women s bodies in the boudoirs of the upper class as well as in the hovels of the poor lakshmi brings us face to face with the complexity of life in post independence india.

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There she becomes the henna artist and confidante most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class.