The Train House on Lobengula Street

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<p>How can Indian girls get the same opportunities as Indian boys?<br/><br/>The Kassims are a traditional Indian Muslim family, living in Southern Rhodesia in the 1950s and 60s, where they enjoy a wealth of new opportunities but are held down by white racism and are torn apart by their own changing values.<br/><br/>Kulsum wants her daughters to have an education that will expand their horizons; Razaak fears that education will make the girls unmarriageable within the Khumbar caste.<br/><br/>Feeling sidelined by Kulsum&rsquo;s modernity and her other achievements, Razaak defers to his father and sends their daughters away to a less sophisticated branch of the family over 1,000 miles away in rural Uganda. How should Kulsum respond?<br/><br/>In this affectionate picture of a little-documented African cultural milieu, first-time author Fatima Kara digs into her own memories of life as a Gujarati in Bulawayo, conjuring up the brilliant colours, mouth-watering foods and exotic plant life of a region she remains devoted to and wants us to love as she does.<br/><br/>The Train House on Lobengula Street is Part One of an entrancing two-part story.</p>

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