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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalBorn in Thiruvananthapuram, Radha Venuprasad did her schooling at the Holy Angels Convent and attended All Saints College. After her marriage to Venuprasad, the couple lived in various parts of India. Always fond of visual art, Radha took to art restoration at the Madras Museum and trained at the National Museum in New Delhi to restore oil on canvas. She curated two successful art exhibitions where prominent South Indian contemporary artists were showcased. She is also a voracious reader and an avid traveller. Dhobi Girl is Radha’s second work of fiction and first novel. Her first book wRead More...
Born in Thiruvananthapuram, Radha Venuprasad did her schooling at the Holy Angels Convent and attended All Saints College. After her marriage to Venuprasad, the couple lived in various parts of India.
Always fond of visual art, Radha took to art restoration at the Madras Museum and trained at the National Museum in New Delhi to restore oil on canvas. She curated two successful art exhibitions where prominent South Indian contemporary artists were showcased. She is also a voracious reader and an avid traveller.
Dhobi Girl is Radha’s second work of fiction and first novel. Her first book was a collection of novellas, titled Shifting Sands.
The stories in Shifting Sands are about relationships — not only between men and women, but between families, extended families and even cultures. Radha explores frankly and with sensitivity life situations not commonly talked or written about.
Radha is widely travelled. She and her husband are now settled in Chennai. They have two sons.
These days, Radha best likes to describe herself as ‘grandmother to bubbly seven-year-old Tara.’
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Anuja, the dhobi girl, is the central character. Her life intertwines with that of Ratna, her childhood friend. Starting from a colony of labourers, Anuja and Ratna make it good in life, both becoming reputed doctors in different fields. Developments in Ratna’s life have far-reaching consequences on that of Anuja, though she has chosen to tread a path of her own. The kaleidoscope of life draws many people into the ambit of the lives of Anuja and Ratna. C
Anuja, the dhobi girl, is the central character. Her life intertwines with that of Ratna, her childhood friend. Starting from a colony of labourers, Anuja and Ratna make it good in life, both becoming reputed doctors in different fields. Developments in Ratna’s life have far-reaching consequences on that of Anuja, though she has chosen to tread a path of her own. The kaleidoscope of life draws many people into the ambit of the lives of Anuja and Ratna. Chief among them are Anuja’s professor, Ratna’s wife Devi, Jay, the young woman he tumbles into love with, and the children he has through them both. And all through their lives runs the evil presence of Nathaniel.
Divided into three parts, this book tells the story from the perspectives of Anuja, Ratna and Devi. The author takes us from the struggle for life in the labour colony to the professional successes in Chennai, from the peace of an Edinburgh hideaway to the deathly cold of the Swiss Alps, from the mystical piety of the banks of the Ganga to the tension-filled operation theatre.
There’s murder, there’s rape, there’s sacrifice, there’s scheming, there’s forgiveness, and above all, there’s love. The details dovetail to make a comprehensive, comprehensible plot of the joys and sorrows of life, of despair, resilience and resurgence.
Shifting Sands is a collection of short stories about relationships — not only between men and women, but between families, extended families and even cultures. Most of the stories are rooted in the culture and traditions of the Nairs of Kerala, but any reader can identify with these well-told tales, because the building blocks of all relationships are universal.
Some of the life situations central to the stories may not be ac
Shifting Sands is a collection of short stories about relationships — not only between men and women, but between families, extended families and even cultures. Most of the stories are rooted in the culture and traditions of the Nairs of Kerala, but any reader can identify with these well-told tales, because the building blocks of all relationships are universal.
Some of the life situations central to the stories may not be acknowledged, much less talked about, even in this ‘liberal’ age, but Radha Venuprasad discusses them frankly and with sensitivity.
All the stories revolve around strong people who are not afraid to be themselves. There is Renu, who decided to keep her love child. But at what price? There is Shiva, who, despite his commitment to his wife of many years and their children, found himself drawn towards and taking responsibility for a beleaguered young woman. Then there is Dhruva, an affluent, gifted doctor with a secret, Aruna, for whom the stars foretold a violent end, and Ammu, Markanday and Seema, whose lives intermingle and turn conventions upside-down. Read also about Anita, whose tragic past intrudes into her idyllic present, about Minikutty, a chip off the old block, and how Gopala Menon unwittingly sets off a chain of events that shake the very foundations of his ancient family when he lets a young writer live in a house on his sprawling premises.
Written in simple language, Shifting Sands is an easy read, and is sure to engage the interest of anyone who picks it up.
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