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Suralakshmi Villa by Aruna Chakravarti

Suralakshmi Villa

Aruna Chakravarti



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ISBN: 9789389109399

Author: Aruna Chakravarti

Language: English

Binding: Hardback

Publisher: Pan Macmillan India

Imprint: Picador India

Published Date: 13-Feb-2020

Pages: 313

Age Group: Adult

Suralakshmi Choudhury, a gynaecologist based in Delhi, falls in love at the age of thirty-one, marries and has a son. Suddenly, five years after his birth, she abandons everything including the house gifted to her by her father and her flourishing medical career, to travel to an obscure village in Bengal and open a free clinic for women and children. She leaves her son behind but takes along a poor Muslim girl, she has adopted. What makes her take this strange decision?

Suralakshmi's actions confound her relatives and it is from their accounts of the incidents, letters, memoirs, and flashbacks - from a more distant past - that the story comes together and the layers and nuances in the enigmatic character of Suralakshmi are brought to light. In Suralakshmi Villa, Aruna Chakravarti blends the narrative of the novel with history, legend, music, religion, folklore, rituals and culinary practices of both Hindus and Muslims, and creates a fascinating tapestry which reveals the syncretic nature of Bengal and her people.


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