London-born Sukanya returns to her ancestral mohalla in Meerut where belonging comes at a price.

London-born Sukanya has grown up dreaming of the ancient mohalla its narrow lanes, courtyards and the fading Nawabon ki Haveli her father left behind years ago. When her grandmother falls ill, Sukanya is finally allowed to return to Bulandwada. Here, she is warmly embraced by people who seem to have forgotten her family's complicated past. Drawn into the intimacy of this world, she begins to believe she may be home at last.

But Bulandwada is more than poetry, history, and belonging beneath it lie rigid hierarchies and simmering resentments that punish defiance. As Sukanya becomes entangled in the hidden conflicts of the mohalla, she is forced to confront its darker truths.

Extraordinarily compelling, The Missing Piece is a story of reckoning with the cost of inheritance and the uncertain promise of future.

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