The Cons: - * A complex loco-motor disability * A habitual sponge and punter for a father * A chronically depressed mother * A predatory, incestuous cousin * Atrociously bad infrastructure in small-town India that makes day to day living an ordeal * Dubious treatments and medical negligence * A base, subhuman society that mocks, ridicules, belittles, disparages, heckles, tyrannizes, rejects and alienates her just because she has a disability. The Pros: - * She is an ethereal beauty, blessed with a Super- high IQ. Will our beauteous genius of a protagonist, Kanak, be able to stand up to all the herculean cons stacked against her or will the scorching heat of atrocities lead to the untimely withering of a rose that could blossom into something phenomenal? | Gold and Datura by Lasya Shashimohan, Paperback | Indigo Chapters