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An introverted, middle-aged spinster, Roo, or Rudrakshi Sen, lives with her mother and teaches English at a local school. Roo’s mother, semi-blind and a chronic invalid, lives most of the time in an imaginary world where she turns the grief of her husband’s death and their bizarre relationship into the belief that theirs was a happy, conventional marriage. Roo cultivates an aloof manner and distances herself from close relationships to stave off ...
Populated by kings in danger and selfless servants, beautiful damsels and loyal friends, these stories with moral dilemmas are as interesting as they are informative. They are characters you will never forget, coming alive in these riddle-ridden tales that get more relevant with the passage of time.
One night stands, betrayals of body and mind, the Judas kiss of the soul, a world turned traitor-36 tales of infidelity made all the more tragic by a touch of lightness and mad magic.This is Shinie Antony’s second collection of short stories. Her first, Barefoot and Pregnant, was published in 2002.
This collection of short stories, dares to explore dysfunctional motherhood. Flinching away stereotypes, first time author Shinie Antony has listed uterine woes with a dark and biting humor.Barefoot and Pregnant, a collection of short stories, dares to explore dysfunctional motherhood. While attempting to look beyond the conventional, it uncovers, along the way, a victim of gang-rape to whom the baby means legal advice, a doomed woman's last fling, the imminently ...
In Kardamom Kisses, members of a dysfunctional family flail along life’s funny path, hoping for salvation, or at least a piece of some action. The North and South of India clash in a celebration of contrasts as secrets come tumbling out, familial ties are refurbished and love is not quite what is seems.There’s Punjab and there’s Kerala, brought startlingly alive, and when Kedar weds Mangala, little does he bargain for whole cities and families to disdain ...