Where The Heart Feels At Home
byNita Bajoria
About the Book
In a city divided by empire, two women search for home.
In eighteenth-century Calcutta, as the British East India Company reshapes Bengal with power and ambition, Frances Watts, a thrice-widowed British woman, returns contemplating what home means to her. With time she finds herself drawn to the country in ways deeper than blood or nationality.
Mita, a poor but educated Bengali Brahmin woman, dreams of a life beyond caste and tradition. Bound first as Sanskrit teacher and student, the two forge an extraordinary friendship that transcends race, religion, and empire.
But as love, loss, faith, betrayal, and colonial upheaval test their bond, both women must confront the same question.
When history divides us, where does the heart truly find its home?
In eighteenth-century Calcutta, as the British East India Company reshapes Bengal with power and ambition, Frances Watts, a thrice-widowed British woman, returns contemplating what home means to her. With time she finds herself drawn to the country in ways deeper than blood or nationality.
Mita, a poor but educated Bengali Brahmin woman, dreams of a life beyond caste and tradition. Bound first as Sanskrit teacher and student, the two forge an extraordinary friendship that transcends race, religion, and empire.
But as love, loss, faith, betrayal, and colonial upheaval test their bond, both women must confront the same question.
When history divides us, where does the heart truly find its home?