Bombay Time

7 best books like Bombay Time (Thrity Umrigar): The Fountains of Silence, Difficult Daughters, Born Confused, Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, Last Man in Tower, Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss, The Hidden Flower

The Fountains of Silence

Author	Ruta Sepetys
ISBN	0399160310

A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship.

Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine....

Difficult Daughters

Author	Manju Kapur
ISBN	0571195695

Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a woman torn between family duty, the desire for education, and illicit love. Virmati, a young woman born in Amritsar into an austere and high-minded household, falls in love...

Born Confused

Author	Tanuja Desai Hidier
ISBN	0545664519

Cross-cultural comedy about finding your place in America... and finding your heart wherever, from an amazing new young author.

Dimple Lala doesn't know what to think. She's spent her whole life resisting her parents' traditions. But now she's turning seventeen and things are more complicated...

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Author

Meera Syal

Meera Syal has created an indelible portrait of a close-knit group of Indian women living in London. Caught between two cultures, three childhood friends—Chila, Sunita, and Tania—are expected to revert to being obedient mothers and wives. But their world explodes when Tania makes a documentary,...

Last Man in Tower

Author	Aravind Adiga
ISBN	1848875169

A tale of one man refusing to leave his home in the face of property development. Tower A is a relic from a co-operative housing society established in the 1950s. When a property developer offers to buy out the residents for eye-watering sums, the principled yet arrogant teacher is the only one to refuse...

Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss

Author	Rajeev Balasubramanyam
ISBN	1784742546

Professor Chandra is an expert at complex problems. There's just one he can't crack: the secret of happiness.

In the moments after the bicycle accident, Professor Chandra doesn’t see his life flash before his eyes, but his life’s work.

He’s just narrowly missed out on the Nobel...

The Hidden Flower

Author

Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck's The Hidden Flower centers on the relationship between a Japanese student and an American soldier stationed in post-war Japan. The Japanese student's father worked in the United States as a doctor, but had to flee to Kyoto to avoid imprisonment in an internment camp. The American soldier...