5/29/2023 0 Comments Supriya kelkar ahimsa![]() ![]() Upon hearing the news, Meera's father insists that she follow the dictates of their fringe religious sect: She must end her life by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Riots follow, and Meera's husband is killed. But that night, Indian soldiers mutiny against their British commanders and destroy the British ammunition depot, burning down parts of Delhi. Later, on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, she prepares to leave her family to live with her husband's-just as her strict religion dictates. As a child, her parents married her to a boy from a neighboring village whom she barely knows. Meera's future has been planned for her for as long as she can remember. ![]() When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people. In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in-and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre-only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. ![]()
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