Ahilya’s World: Between Dreams, Duty, and a Distant Storm

Set during a Lucknow wedding at the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vandana Nair’s The Wedding follows the journey of Ahilya, a resilient epidemiologist navigating the tensions between tradition and personal identity. The novel masterfully weaves together Ahilya’s personal growth with the unsettling onset of a global crisis, offering a graceful exploration of love and belonging amidst profound change.