Colors of My Dreams
The Mango Season...
Recently read this book and it made me miss Pakistani summers and loads of mangoes so very much...I miss eating mangoes with my siblings and cousins under the shade of neem tree...squeezing the fruit and the yellow juice running down to our elbows...stealing eachother's mangoes from the balti (pot) and running away hiding and devouring the fruit...I don't know but I have always had a ravenous appetite for mangoes...Ahhhh *bawling*
I was browsing through the adult fiction section of my local library when I came across The Mango Season. I wasn't too sure whether I should read this book but somehow my love for mango compelled me to read this book.It was fantastic and couldn't stop reading.
The brilliance of Malladi lies in her skill of presenting articulate conversation between Priya and her conservative family. Priya tries to convince her family that the quality of a person does not lie in his caste,wealth and University Degree but lies deeply in his character and treatment towards his partner.The novel invokes the culture gap between east and west where both sides have lot to offer each other. The Mango season is very realistic in its presentation of dilemmas faced by youngsters brought up in the west and their families stuck in the Eastern tradition. A very nice and entertaining read along with yummy pickle recipes :)
The Mango Season...
Recently read this book and it made me miss Pakistani summers and loads of mangoes so very much...I miss eating mangoes with my siblings and cousins under the shade of neem tree...squeezing the fruit and the yellow juice running down to our elbows...stealing eachother's mangoes from the balti (pot) and running away hiding and devouring the fruit...I don't know but I have always had a ravenous appetite for mangoes...Ahhhh *bawling*
I was browsing through the adult fiction section of my local library when I came across The Mango Season. I wasn't too sure whether I should read this book but somehow my love for mango compelled me to read this book.It was fantastic and couldn't stop reading.
The brilliance of Malladi lies in her skill of presenting articulate conversation between Priya and her conservative family. Priya tries to convince her family that the quality of a person does not lie in his caste,wealth and University Degree but lies deeply in his character and treatment towards his partner.The novel invokes the culture gap between east and west where both sides have lot to offer each other. The Mango season is very realistic in its presentation of dilemmas faced by youngsters brought up in the west and their families stuck in the Eastern tradition. A very nice and entertaining read along with yummy pickle recipes :)