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INDIA · 1991
World Within, World Without
suicide and mental health
family dysfunction
intergenerational conflict
postcolonial identity
personal diary and confession
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Synopsis
When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son returns from Germany, his anxious questioning brings to light the disorientation experienced by the family and the way world history penetrates into the fabric of individual lives.
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