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'Her smile a saga of womanhood.'
Abhirami ... a courageous village girl seeks vengeance for being raped.
Devaki ... weakened and afraid, a mother of six cringes at her seventh pregnancy.
Sankari ... a free-spirited woman who finds liberation in death.
The underlying theme in each of the stories is the woman as she sees herself, not how others believe her to be. Painted with earthy colours and lyrical language, R. Chudamani's women speak gently yet firmly of the battles fought daily within the home and outside it. They face the currents of life, fighting, resisting, and, at times, succumbing.
Contents
Translatoras Note ; Introduction: Unfolding Wings of Thought in the Inner Air (by Prema Nandakumar) ; Kinship Terms ; A Trace of Envy ; We Donat Know ; That Fragile World ; Bhuvana and the Star Sign ; The Nagalinga Tree ; Who Could Have Told Them? ; Seeing in the Dark ; Ascent to the Shrine ; After Three Years ; Growing Up, Growing Apart ; A State of Mind ; He Is Not in Town ; The Downpour Outside ; Nothing Ever Happens ; Doctorammaas Room ; TV Aunty ; Heat and Rain ; A Rainbow in Her Hands ; Does Anyone Care? ; Woman in the Dark ; The Visitor ; Doors Closed Forever ; Neelayathakshi at Sixty ; The Couple ; The Fourth Stage of Life ; Loss of a Crest Jewel by Ambai ; About the Author and the Translator
