Il canto dei cuori ribelli

Smita was fourteen years old when she and her family had to leave India under dramatic circumstances. Upon arriving safely in America, she banished the longing for the orange twilight and the intoxicating scent of the food her father bought from street vendors from her heart, swearing never to return to the places that had hurt her so deeply. However, years later, she reluctantly accepted an assignment to report on a story in Mumbai for her newspaper. After the case of Meena—a young woman who was brutally disfigured by her brothers and members of her village for marrying a man of a different religion—Smita finds herself once again confronted with a society that seems to be frozen in an eternal dark age outside the glittering skyline of the metropolis, where traditions hold more value than the heart of the individual, and with a story that threatens to bring all the painful secrets of her past to light. Gradually, her defenses begin to crumble, memories resurface, and passion breaks through once more. Set against the backdrop of a beautiful country caught between modernity and obscurantism, two brave and distinctly rebellious women confront the consequences of two opposing concepts of honor and freedom in an unforgettable tale of betrayal, sacrifice, devotion, hope, and indomitable love.