- Book: Sita’s Curse… The Language of Desire.
- Author: Sreemoyee Piu Kundu.
- Publication House: Hachette India
- Category: Fiction
- Rating: 4.5/5
Story-in-Short:
Somewhere, behind closed doors,
in her solitary world;
Somewhere, under the sheets with
an indifferent lover;
Somewhere, is woman
who will not be denied…
in her solitary world;
Somewhere, under the sheets with
an indifferent lover;
Somewhere, is woman
who will not be denied…
Trapped for fifteen years in the strangehold of a dead
marriage and soulless household domesticity, the beautiful full-bodied and
passionate Meera Patel depends on her memories and his flights of fancy to
soothe the aches that wrack her body; to quieten an unquenchable need. Until
one cataclysmic day in Mumbai, when she finally breaks free…
Bold, brazen and defiant, Sita’s Curse looks at the hypocrisy
of Indian society and tells the compelling story of a middle-class Indian
housewife’s urgent need for love, respect, acceptance – and sexual fulfilment.
In my view:
In India, very rarely do we openly talk about sex. There are
many erotic story, novels available but then this is a really, really different
one. Its prologue is enough for a reader to realize that the book is erotic.
This book brings us a story from a typical Gujrati family. Readers
are introduced to Meera a simple girl who has high sexual desires. She is close
to her twin brother Kartik who expires, leaving her lonely.
Soon after his
death she is married off to a Mumbai-based Businessman Mohan Patel. Quickly
after her marriage Meera, quite a bit, gets attracted to Mohan’s younger
brother Bansi. Bansi is basically a jolly kind of person who keeps on entertaining Meera. In her married life too, Meera doesn’t gets much attention from
her husband. Her lust and desire continues to remain the same. She tries a lot
to get Mohan on her but he doesn’t shows much interest. She then begins
finding source to fulfill her wish.
This book, Sita’s Curse also highlights existing
superstitious mindsets of the rural India. Slots where-in Meera is told to
cover her face with the ghunghat, Mohan
kicking a black cat etc.
Each and every story automatically attaches readers to it
and then reading the book gives an enjoyable time. The topic chosen by the
authoress is such which isn’t discussed so frankly in our cultured society.
Speaking about its cover: It is simple yet suitable. The
writing style of the authoress is also good and the way she has crafted the
chapters in the book is fabulous! The title of each and every story is
enthralling.
Altogether Sita’s Curse gets a well-framed, well-crafted and
a very well-narrated story which engrosses a reader into it, from the beginning till the end. It
deserves a sure shot 4.5/5. Great work of fiction by Sreemoyee!
- Sita's Curse is available in all the book stores and libraries.
- You can also shop it online: Flipkart, Homeshop 18, Infibeam.
1 comments:
THANKS A LOT sUYASH FOR A GREAT REVIEW.
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