Because my questions made Amir \nuncomfortable, he pronounced talaq just like that on the wife who had \nabandoned everything for him because his religion gives him that privilege. \nWhere do I now stand, sir? Do you have any solutions for me?' Lakshmi, a rebellious, \nfree-spirited and intelligent film-maker, breaks ties with her staunchly \nGandhi an father to marry Amir, the man she loves. She even agrees \nreluctantly to Amir's request that she convert to Islam, as a formality and \nchange her name to Razia. However, she is shocked to discover that her \nhusband is not the open-minded, progressive individual he claimed to be. For \nafter marriage, Amir takes his family's side in trying to force her to follow \nthe more rigorous tenets of their faith. This sets her off on a personal \njourney into India's history to uncover the many layers of religion, caste \nand creed. Her quest leads her to the many parallels in the narratives \nbetween the past and the present and she gradually finds that though much has \nchanged in Indian society over the centuries, much remains the same. The \nsecond historical novel by celebrated Kannada author S.L. Bhyrappa, \ntranslated for the first time into English by Sandeep Balakrishna, Aavarana: \nThe Veil raises pertinent and searching questions about religion, liberalism \nand identity and highlights the importance of unshackling oneself from the \nbonds of false knowledge. Book Features: Raises questions and uncovers truths \nabout religion and historyGoes deep into history to reveal the extent of tyranny \nby foreign invaders in IndiaWas a bestseller in Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil and \nother vernacular languagesThe Kannada version was sold out even before its \nrelease in February 2007. It went into 10reprints within 5 months of its \nrelease