Author: Kiranjit Ahluwalia
Rahila Gupta/
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 394
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788172236700
Description
Now a major motion picture starring Aishwarya Rai as Kiranjit, Nandiata Das, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson Robbie Coltrane.
Born into a privileged family in India, Kiranjit ahluwalia came to England in 1979 to be married to man she hardly knew. The next ten years were to be a nightmare of almost daily, physical, mental and sexual violence at the hands of her husband. There was no one she could turn to for help and support. Domestic violence was a taboo subject for many Asians in Britain, and family honour was at stake for anyone who went outside the family for help. Kiranjit, in desperation, killed the man who had tortured her for so long. Bewildered, poorly advised and speaking little English, she was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. In prison, she unexpectedly found a degree of freedom she had never known in the outside world. For the first time she was safe from beatings and abuse, and was able to enjoy the friendship and solidarity of other women who were in a similar situation.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. In the Bowels of Holloway
2. Let Him R.I.P.
3. A Kind of Freedom
4. Paradise Lost
5. Looking for a Gilded Cage
6. The Cage Closes
7. Upstairs and Downstairs
8. Thrown Out
9. Nowhere to Run
10. Turning the Tables
11. Beginnings and Endings
12. Lies, Ties and Suicide
13. Teaspoons to Double Glazing
14. The storm Clouds Gather
15. A Circle of Light
16. Another Life Sentence
17. Campaign and Be Damned!
18. My Faith Returns
19. Through the Eye of a Needle
20. High on Hope
Epilogue: The SBS Story
Afterward
Resource List