Description

Set from the tumultuous background of the fragmenting Punjab and shifting between Canada and India, Are you able to Notice the Nightbird Phone? Graphs the interweaving tales of three Indian ladies – Bibi-ji, Leela and Nimmo – each looking for a resting-place amid fast changing individual and governmental landscapes.The formidable, rebellious Sikh Bibi-ji, born Sharanjeet Kaur in a Punjabi community, takes her sibling Kanwar’s future, therefore getting passing to Canada.Leela Bhat, born to a German mother and a Hindu father, is condemned to wander our planet like a "half-and-half." Leela’s youth in Bangalore is damaged by her in between identification and by the truly amazing disappointment of her mother, Rosa, an outcast within their traditional Hindu house. Decades after Rosa’s shadowy demise, Leela has learned to cope with her in between status, and she marries Balu Bhat, a guy from the group of purebred Hindu Brahmins, hence obtaining status and a tenuous balance. Nevertheless, when Balu demands on emigrating to Canada, Leela should deal her unprecedented convenience for still another starting.