Lustre

When a group of seven girls is brutally gang-raped by a gang of upper-caste men, a small village comes under the national spotlight. The police, politicians and the local Naxalite leaders pull the villagers into various directions. Raju, a young boy, thus begins his political journey and comes to realize the value of things that truly matter. Abdus Samad's Lustre is a fictionalized tale of what is heard in the news too often. A heart rending tale full of political ambition and greed, it is also shows us a way out of grimy reality. It is only when one individual changes can we expect a society to change.

Abdus Samad is an award-winning Urdu writer and poet. He started writing at the age of fifteen and he received numerous awards for his novels. He is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award and he was on the board of the prestigious Jnanpith award.