Today.. when section 377 causes so much of an uproar...where political parties feel threatened by gender equality, homosexuality and quota for women...where female infanticide is as much a reality as child marriage...its interesting to find something like the pregnant kind hardly being discussed in the media or otherwise.. not that the book is extraordinary..but considering the fact that "The white tiger" wins awards..this one atleast deserves a good mention.. Apart from Jai.. I have hardly come across any references ..
The story is set around the Mahabharata and its merges both the fiction and mythological parts...although too many references of gender confusion tends to make it a bit too forceful.
We tend to summarize the Mahabharata solely on the Kurukshetra and the war that these short stories build around it which probably are much more interesting and relevant are missed out..And these are exactly the kind of stories that reflect the hypocrisy of the society that we have landed ourself in...also evident from the fact that we have converted both the Ramayana and Mahabharata into a preachy textbook rather than just a documentation of the civilization that we lived in.
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看到你的好文章真是開心 加油囉.......................................
當身處逆境時，要能忍一時之氣，吃一時之苦，並及早確立自己的目標，總有一天，你會嘗到那甘美的果實。........................................
相見亦無事，不來常思君..................................................
Better late than never. ........................................
人類最大的悲劇不是死亡，而是沒有掌握有意義的人生..................................................
你的部落格很棒,我期待更新喔........................................
沒有友情，人生何樂？ ..................................................
This book is on my wishlist.
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