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Kamalini Sengupta. A Seasoned Couple. New Delhi. Rupa. 1994. 245 pages. Rs95. ISBN 81-7167-242-6,
Kamalini Sengupta is a welcome addition to the body of Indian women writers in English. She joins the band with a novel about the life of an officer in the Indian civil service. An Indian bureaucrat wields tremendous power and at the same time is subjected to so many pressures that he excites both awe and pity and is always worth writing about. The publisher's biographical note on the author says: "Kamalini Sengupta was a member of the Indian Administrative Service and then personnel manager of a large India company. She is married to a member of the Foreign Service." This is doubly welcome because the reader can expect a firsthand account of...