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How does trauma shape us? Can a daughter escape the baggage of multi-generational pain or does it inevitably find root in her sense of being? As part of its Writing Indian Stories series, Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai invites you for a virtual conversation with Naheed Phiroze Patel, Columbia University alumna and author of A Mirror Made of Rain. In this coming-of-age portrait of a young woman’s journey towards healing and self-acceptance, the book navigates deep seated patriarchy and societal pressures, fraught family relationships, and battles with addiction and mental health. The conversation will address these issues and more, including the depiction of atypical female characters, writing while respecting the nuances and sensitivities around mental health, and the process of publishing a debut novel in the midst of a global pandemic.
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