Antara was the Burmese princess, Tuptim, in "The King and I," singing "We speak in a  Whisper" with her lover, Lun Tha, when the heavy satin sash  slipped from her shoulder.  They met secretly, Lun Tha and  Tuptim, doomed in their love; she belonged to the King of Siam, having been gifted to him. The White Phantoms – Antara’s name for the convent nuns-  were outraged when the sash slipped.  They hissed at her from backstage to put it back on, almost making her forget her…

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The Divorce

 

Antara was glad when Mama left the house one evening for a "long drive" and did not return, but Meghna would never forgive it; to be loved and abandoned was perhaps greater sorrow than not being loved at all. Some months later when there was talk of divorce and custody, Antara dreaded the thought of testifying in court, telling the world she did not want to live with Mama; it would humiliate the woman who had borne her. 

 

And then she understood: it…

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My new novella - The Choosing - a sort of  female Pilgrim's Progress has just been published by Solstice Publishing. Love the cover.  They followed guidelines perfectly in terms of colours and feel.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Choosing-ebook/product-reviews/B004WP4W8A/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8

Nissa was a beautiful hilly town, where the wild flowering balsam threatened to usurp the land, and softened the pain Antara felt from Mama's constant beatings. Opposite their home, shaded by a giant plum tree with honey-sweet fruit, stood a lover’s lane embraced by trees filled with birds. Antara wished to walk it with the handsome Pandit Sir, her art teacher, who had anointed her forehead with the sacred red powder in a temple on a hill, leading the students to whisper that she was now… Continue