Having lost her mother during Partition Pinky Mittal has been raised by her devoted grandmother in a bungalow atop Malabar Hill Bombays former colonial enclave ... » 

Having lost her mother during Partition Pinky Mittal has been raised by her devoted grandmother in a bungalow atop Malabar Hill Bombays former colonial enclave still an exclusive neighborhood. The home is shared by her extended family an alcoholic uncle a scheming aunt a coterie of loyal and deceitfull servants and three boy cousins the eldest of whom Pinky secretly loves. Every evening befor sunset a certain bathroom door in their home is carefully locked and bolted. The reason for this is never explained to Pinky. One stifling summer evening she defies her family by unbolting the door and in so doing accidentally unleashes the vengeful ghost of a drowned infant. As the monsoons engulf the city the ghost terrorizes the Mittal family. To excorcise it three generations must struggle to come to terms with a secret that has haunted them for thirteen years entailing hidden shame forbidden love and a call for absolute sacrifice. A richly evocative tale that conveys the reader from the heights of Malabar Hill to the depths of the citys underworld Haunting Bombay enlightens enthralls and astonishes as it guides us through a world of unexpected possibilities. «