WE THAT ARE YOUNG

This drama of an Indian family will feel familiar to anyone with scheming relatives. Narrator Benaifer Mirza provides an enthusiastic energy for siblings who cannot get along and who battle for the riches of their father's financial empire. Mirza's lilting cadence rings true to the speech patterns of Indian-accented English. We hurtle into the center of the conflict when Jivan Singh, the black sheep of the Devraj clan, returns after a long exile in the United States. The listener has as much fun as Mirza as she regales us with the antics of Sita, the youngest daughter of three, who is a runaway bride. Overall, this story is a window onto contemporary India and the ties that bind family businesses. M.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2018]