Timeri N. Murari
Rukhsana is a spirited young journalist working for the ,Kabul Daily, in Afghanistan. She takes care of her ill, widowed mother and her younger brother, Jahan. With the arrival of a summons for Rukhsana to appear before the infamous Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the familyâ€™s world is shattered. The Minister, zorak Wahidi, has two goals in mind: to threaten the anti-Taliban news reporters and to announce the Talibanâ€™s intention to hold a cricket tournament, the winner of which will represent Afghanistan in international cricket and give the brutal regime a cloak of respectability in the world.,Rukhsana knows this is a ludicrous ideaâ€”the Taliban could never embrace a game rooted in civility, fair play and equality. And no one in Afghanistan even plays cricketâ€”no one, that is, except Rukhsana.,This could be, however, a way to get her male cousins and her brother out of Afghanistan for good. But Wahidi has a third goal in mindâ€”to marry Rukhsana. The union would be her death sentence, wrenching her away from her family and placing her under Wahidiâ€™s complete control. Forced into hiding and desperate to escape the country, Rukhsana realizes that Wahidi may have given her a way out, too. When her loyal, beloved cousins ask for her help, she sets about teaching them how to win their own freedomâ€”with a bat and a ball.
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The Taliban Cricket Club