The passing of Bapsi Sidhwa — a celebrated novelist ... From the child brides in The Pakistani Bride to the widows in Water, Sidhwa’s female characters navigate oppressive social customs ...

“I have learned so much about writing from that book,” she once told me. “I still remember certain passages.” In 1983, Bapsi moved to Houston with her now-deceased husband, Noshir Sidhwa ...

Bapsi Sidhwa ... with Deepa Mehta also resulted in ‘Water: A Novel’, which inspired the Academy Award-nominated film ‘Water’. Sidhwa’s work has always been appreciated and looked ...

Houston/Islamabad: Celebrated Pakistan-born novelist and pioneer of South Asian literature Bapsi Sidhwa, best known for ... She also penned Water: A Novel (2006), which served as the foundation ...

Renowned Pakistani novelist Bapsi ... famous book, 1988's "Ice Candy Man" -- later published as "Cracking India" -- tells the story of a young Parsi girl, afflicted by polio as Sidhwa herself ...

The National Institute of Public Policy (NIPP) hosted a gathering to pay tribute to the late writer Bapsi Sidhwa on Monday ... Lahori and said her book 'The Beloved City: Writings on Lahore ...