Has anyone read books by the new generation Indian writers?
The ones whose books always concern Indians and their adjustment to immigration in America?
Well, I was reading one today by the woman called Chitra Banerjee. She as a writer,isnt really that interesting. Her plots are the same as everyone elses. Indian women struggling in America. However, she manages to weave words so wonderfully, that the hackneyed plot can be forgiven.
Anyway, the book was a collection of short stories about Indian women moving to America( surprising isnt it!)
and to cut a long story short,
one of them leaves her husband even though she was not brought up to do something like that, because she thinks that the marriage is dead
another one, adopts a boy even though she doesnt want to be tied down like other indian women
another one is told to never buy a saffron saree because it will bring her bad luck. she is then told the story of her mother, who leaves her husband, after he tried to sleep with the servant girl...and a saffron saree is somehow weaved into the storyline
another one's marriage breaks down cos she cant adjust to her indian born husband
basically, a whole bunch of stories abt women, and not one of them happy

It makes you wonder then, if you can ever escape from your fate as an Indian woman..
I know so many women whose lives compare to the storybook ladies...
its not something that is so dead that pple can eulogise it in books
so many of us still stay at home, take care of the house, have kids, face all the traditional pressures
have we come forward at all...and is forward such a good thing