Parul Kapur

"A young woman struggles to find her voice through her painting, confronting a society hostile to women claiming their place in the world"-- "In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women's education who assumes the right to choose his daughters' vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city's dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary...