The House Between the Mosque and Temple is a profoundly moving literary novel by Sarwat Parvez that explores the fragile yet enduring thread of humanity woven between faiths, families, and generations. Set in a modest house nestled between a mosque and a temple in northern India, this story unfolds across decades—from Partition to present day—bearing witness to the joys, sorrows, and quiet acts of resistance that define everyday lives.
This house is no mere structure—it is a living chronicle. Its walls carry the laughter of children, the weight of whispered prayers, and the ache of lost time. Through richly drawn characters like Bashiruddin the mason, Ramprasad the carpenter, and their descendants, the novel examines what it means to choose kindness over fear, memory over forgetting, and coexistence over division.
Told with poetic grace and emotional depth, The House Between the Mosque and Temple is not a political statement but a human one—a tribute to the resilience of ordinary people who refuse to let love and belonging be undone by the currents of history.
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Book Clubs
Academic Reading (Postcolonial, Cultural Studies)
Diaspora Readers
Readers of Arundhati Roy, Kamila Shamsie, or Jhumpa Lahiri
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