DescriptionFirst published in 1961 Usha Priyamvadas debut novel Pachpan Khambe LaalDeewaarein is located within the boundaries of an allwomens college in Delhi.Behind its walls is Sushma Sharmalecturer warden single and sole providerfor her large family. Despite her relative youth and elegance she is resigned to theregimented loneliness of her life until a chance meeting with the charismatic Neel.Then longthwarted desires uncurl and the shackles she has accepted suddenly beginto seem unbearable. But the world around her is still unchanged and independencestill causes scandal.In spare evocative prose Fiftyfive Pillars Red Walls skilfully explores the physicalmental and social paradigms which locked so many women into narrow ideals asthey still do.