![]() As the main character imagines herself saying: “Some people don’t even know about this place Let’s change that.” Indeed, the novel could be seen to address Southall’s invisibility to the non-Punjabi community. ![]() Jaswal’s novels regularly feature British-Indian women and in Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, which follows the trend, there is also focus on London and the Punjabi community in Southall. Her novels have been translated into film before and Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows is no exception: Ridley Scott’s production company, Scott Free Productions, and Film Four in the UK have acquired the rights to the book. NOTE: This article contains no spoilers – so you can read it and then turn to the novel.īalli Kaur Jaswal, who is of Punjabi descent, is a prize-winning and critically acclaimed novelist from Singapore. ![]()
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