Assess Lenny’s reliability as a narrator. Does it change as she ages? How does this novel challenge the traditional idea reliable narration?

Imagine the partition of your country. What do you think would be the lines of division? Would it echo the devastating political and religious fallout of India’s partition? Why or why not? In what ways?

Cracking India was first titled Ice-Candy-Man. What makes Ice-candy-man central? Why did the author ultimately change the novel’s title?