With my third novel, "The City of Devi, " it seemed natural to return to second-person, in which my lovelorn heroine Sarita could address her missing husband Karun, whom she sets out to find in the desolate streets of war-ravaged Mumbai.

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Yet I persist, as hooked on dance as the doomed heroine of my favorite movie, The Red Shoes.

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"My sister is a heroine, because she has freed her heart, her soul and also her future from the weight of the secret, " Nastassja Kinski said.

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The second novel took some cogitation Meera, the heroine, resisted all my efforts to capture her voice.

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