Himanjali Sankar’s first novel for adults, Mrs C Remembers, is the story of an average Bengali woman Anita Chatterjee, part of Calcutta haut monde circles, mother to obedient son Sudeep and rebellious daughter Sohini, both of whom love her in unquestioning and questioning fashion. Her husband is busy climbing the ladder to more success and is affectionate in a careless, mostly patronising, way to his family.