A worldclass tale of love and deceit rivalry and destiny ifrom the Lahorebased writer Uzma Aslam Khan. Standing in a room with eight thousand tinycreatures witn... » 

A worldclass tale of love and deceit rivalry and destiny ifrom the Lahorebased writer Uzma Aslam Khan. Standing in a room with eight thousand tinycreatures witnessing them perform a dance that few humans even knew occurredthis was life. Everywhere she looked each caterpillar nosed the air like awand and out passed silk...When Dia watched one spin she came closer tounderstanding the will of God than at any other time. Dia is the daughter of asilk farmer Riffat an innovative decisive businesswoman. Like her motherDia seems at first sight unrestricted spirited and resourceful. She seemsfree. But freedom has its own borders patrolled by the covetous and thezealous and there are those who yearn to jump the fence. Daanish has come backto Karachi for his fathers funeral all the way from America a land wherethere are plenty of rules but few restrictions. When Dia and Daanish meet theychafe against all the formalities. It is left to a handful of silkwormsslipped inside a friends dupatta tickling skin to rupture the fragile peaceof both their houses to make the space in which Dia and Daanish can createsomething together... «