Book launch: Geeta Rahman at Championship Point by Saskya Jain
Schedule
Sun, 28 Aug, 2022 at 05:00 pm
Location
Hopscotch Reading Room | Berlin, BE
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Please join us for the Berlin book launch of the novel:
Geeta Rahman at Championship Point
(Simon & Schuster India, 2021)
by Saskya Jain
The author Saskya Jain will read from the book and be in conversation with the journalist Kristin Becker. It's a kids-friendly event, and there will be beer, samosas and the inevitable badminton match.
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Geeta Rahman at Championship Point: A young girl's fight to live her dream in a country trying to break free from its past.
It's 1993 in New Delhi, the Babri Masjid demolition has just happened, and India is on the verge of opening its economy to the world. Growing up in this new, fast-changing country is twelve-year-old Geeta Rahman, a badminton prodigy and an aspiring servant of the Government of India, who is trying to come to terms with the recent death of her mother. Geeta Rahman at Championship Point is the story of a young girl caught between her greatest wish — to become India's biggest badminton star — and the grief she is experiencing along with her father.
In this moving and original novel, Saskya Jain brilliantly weaves the personal and the political. As Geeta’s life within her tightly-knit community unfolds, the story of a liberalized India desperate to silence the ghosts of Partition also comes to the fore. The answer to whether or not Geeta succeeds, and at what price, is tied to this constantly changing landscape. Jain’s inventive prose establishes a strong sense of place and meticulously explores a young girl’s unique mindset, presenting us with an unforgettable narrator learning to find her place under the sun.
Jeet Thayil says: "Saskya Jain is a unique talent. In her hands, a coming-of-age story becomes the story of us all. I admire this book so much."
Samit Basu says: "Shuttling between joy and despair, hilarity and tragedy, Geeta Rahman will steal your heart... and break it.
About the Author
Saskya Jain is a writer based in New Delhi and Berlin. Her debut novel, Fire Under Ash, was published by Random House India in 2014 and shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt Prize in 2015. She has an MFA in Fiction from Boston University and her short stories and non-fiction have appeared in numerous journals including Intelligent Life, The Economist, The Baffler and Caravan. She has taught creative writing and literature at Hong Kong University and Grinnell College, and her most recent writing residency was at Hedgebrook.
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Where is it happening?
Hopscotch Reading Room, Kurfurstenstr. 13-14, Aufgang B,Berlin, GermanyEvent Location & Nearby Stays: