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Mohyna Srinivasan's The House on Mall Road is a loving tribute to Army life


Mohyna Srinivasan's debut novel, The House on Mall Road (Penguin, Rs. 325) “Comes out of very deep, childhood memories.” The young writer who was in town for the book launch at Crossword Bookstore, explained that like the protagonist Parvati, she too was a “Fauji (Army) kid. The 1971 War made a huge impression on me. Black outs and planes flying overhead were part of routine. It was an exciting and scary time.”

During the War, Mohyna's father, who was in the Army was serving on the Front. “We were in Ambala. I was seven, dad was away and there was my grandmother, mum, my seven-month-old sister and me—four women in the house. It was a big, defining, compelling moment, it made me who I am.”

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