An apt title to the novel by Balaji Venkateswaran. It chronicles the life of Lakshmi, a beautiful danseuse and her journey to fame and the dizzy world of politics and how she loses each and every one of her loved ones to the demonic rage within her.. her mom, her grandmother, her best friend, her daughter and finally her ownself.
The story is narrated through Vasuki, her childhood friend and her prospective groom at one time.She is projected as a self-centric, manipulative and stubborn person who has always led her life on her terms. She is a totally enigma to people around here, a little like Jayalalitha. And i did read somewhere that this was based on her life.
The book does get a tad bit boring sometime in between, but among those "life at IIT, IIM" kind of books, this truely is etched out better and worth a read.
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