Episode 7
On the day of prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination, Babo's mother, Trishala, is taken ill. Read by Indira Varma.
Poet, journalist and dancer Tishani Doshi has a Welsh mother and a Gujarati father, and this twin inheritance is at the heart of her funny, lyrical and tenderly written first novel about four generations of the Patel-Joneses.
On the morning of the 31st of October 1984, the same day that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated, Babo's mother, Trishala, is taken ill with a severe pain in the breast.
The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the 6 part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in Torchwood.
Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis
Producer: Kate McAll.
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