The Masterpiece

The Masterpiece Talks About A Girls Journey Of Self Realization About Her Cultural Background. Fiza Has Been Confined To Her Hallucinations For As Long As She Can Remember. Set In The Backdrop Of The Kashmir Valley In The 1990S Which Is Filled With Ethnic Riots And Hatred, The Novel Throws Light Upon The Worst Kind Of Ethnic Massacre Inflicted On The Kashmiri Pandits. In The Midst Of Turmoil, Fiza Is Trying To Liberate The Artist Within Her. At A Loss Of Birth Parents And Brought Up By A Muslim Household. For Her Whole Life, Fiza, CouldnT Quite Grasp The Reason For Her Hallucinations, Or Why She Was So Keen To Paint The Waters Of Jhelum Red. Set In The Valleys Of Kashmir, She DoesnT Know Of The Past That Clings To Her. A Family, Which May Not Be Her Family, A Mysterious Lady In White And A Special Friend. The Story Begins With The Death Of A Soldier, Who Happily Gives His Life For The Country. His Wife Raises Her To Be Born Child Alone. She Is One Of The Kashmiri Pandits In The Valley Of Kashmir. The Itense Conditions Of The Valley And The Hostilities Increase. With The Assassination Of A Pandit Activist, The Conditions Turned Bitter. 19Th January 1990 Marked The Worst Kinds Of Communal Violence That Could Be Have Been Seen. Kusum, Runs With Her Daughter And Hides Her To Save Her From Probable Death, While The Mujahids Shoot Her On The Banks Of Jhelum. Mariyam Is Dealing With A Haunting Past Of Domestic Violence. She Is Indebted To The KusumS Kindness And Raises KusumS Daughter As Her Own. She Lets The Child Discover Herself And Helps Her Fulfil Her Dreams Of Becoming A Painter. But She DoesnT Reveal The Truth Until The Very End. Her Son Rehman Deals With A Disability That Has Marred His Life Forever. The Only Person He Cares From In The Whole World Is His Foster Sister. There Is A Truth To Be Liberated. Will It Set Them Free Or Lead To A Disintegration Of A Beautiful Family. Will Once Again Religion Leave ItS Deadly Mark Or Will It Unite Different People Together?