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Bapsi Sidhwa ('' which is based upon Mehta's 2005 film, '' Water .'' BACKGROUND Sidhwa was born to Parsi Zoroastrian parents Peshotan and Tehmina Bhandara in Karachi , Pakistan and later moved with her family to Lahore . She was two when she contracted Polio (which has affected her throughout her life) and nine at the time of the Partition Of India (facts which would shape the character of "Lenny" as well as the background for her novel '' Cracking India .)'' {Link without Title} She received her B.A. from Kinnaird College for Women in Lahore. She married at the age of 19 and had three children before beginning her career as an author. She has previously taught at the University Of Houston , Rice University , Columbia University , Mount Holyoke College , and Brandeis University . AWARDS
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