Daughter By Court Order by Ratna Vira

A seemingly innocuous remark over an innocent cup of tea, and Aranya discovers that her family has been fighting a decade-long legal battle over her grandfather’s expansive estate. And all this while they not only kept her in the dark, but also kept her very existence out of the court’s knowledge! A cesspool of emotions, half-truths, betrayals, and the unspooling of long buried dirty family secrets threaten to overpower Aranya and disrupt what modicum of peace and balance she has in her life as a single mother of two children. At the centre of this storm is the one woman who, ever since the day Aranya was born, has had nothing but curses and abuses for her; who has deliberately kept her name out of the court case; who has wished her dead for every day of her life; who refuses to now remember her birth. The woman who is her mother. Her own mother. This is the story of a woman fighting against power, money, deceit, and treachery for her right to be recognised as a daughter. A daughter by court order . . . About the author Ratna Vira holds a masters degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as a masters in English Literature from St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. She also holds an MBA. She is the daughter of senior journalist, Nalini Singh, and SPN Singh. Ratna juggles her corporate career with her writing and her love of art. She lives in Gurgaon with her daughter and son, where she is at work on her second novel.