The Temple Is Not My Father: A Story Set in India
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00SSQ1AZW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 173 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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A poignant and soul searching book set in IndiaMust Read Godavari lives with her daughter in a small house. A normal looking woman, she loves her daughter Sreeja. Sreeja has so many questions like why no one comes to there house? Why do the villagers avoid and taunt them? Why she is not allowed to go to school and why no one plays with her? But amid. Deb G. said Intense!. This is the second story I have read by Atreya (Tell A Thousand Lies). This short story will stay with me much longer, though, due to the subject along with the suddenly shocking end. Many other reviewers have already covered the story itself, so I won't repeat. I forgot this was a short story. where like many devadasis in India Julia Dutta The oldest profession in the world prostitution, takes on a serious side in India, when one reads cases and books on what is called the devadasi system in India, which is rooted in religion. In Rasana Atreya’s new Novelette, The Temple Is Not My Father, the reader encounters the shocking
Ensnared by a tradition hundreds of years old, a woman fights for her daughter's happiness. UK's Glam magazine calls Tell a Thousand Lies one of their "five favorite tales from India". If you like Rohinton Mistry or Shilpi Somaya Gowda, you might like this short story.. From the author of Tell a Thousand Lies, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Tibor Jones South Asia award