![]() ![]() Set in the 70s during the emergency period in India, the story is narrated by the protagonist “Joshi”. ![]() It is about a group of friends and the story spans one year of their life – 9th standard, the best year of our school life. Shala is a beautiful novel that took me on a nostalgic journey back to my school days. That school does not have classrooms, walls, black boards and teachers but the lessons it teaches me are really beautiful.” I am sitting in school, but I have a separate school of my own. I am free – like that white bird, sitting gaily on the back of a cow. There are subjects – maths, geography and even civics. There are classrooms, benches, students and teachers. “That day I realised the real fun of school. ![]()
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