About
the Book-
Different
in approach this book talks about a woman secret desires and emotions.
This is
what the book says upfront.
Somewhere, behind closed doors, in her solitary world;
somewhere, under the sheets with an indifferent lover; Somewhere, is a woman
who will not be denied. Trapped for fifteen years in the stranglehold of a dead
marriage and soulless household domesticity, the beautiful, full-bodied and
passionate Meera Patel depends on her memories and her 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.
Trapped for fifteen years in the stranglehold of a dead
marriage and soulless household domesticity, the beautiful, full-bodied and
passionate Meera Patel depends on her memories and her 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.
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.
My
Take-
The
Author has given us a really provocative story
of a simple yet beautiful middle class woman with her hidden desires and
fancies. The book completely justifies the genre. The scenes described are
prodigious and gives you a real life image. The book is definitely a
breakthrough to the stereotyped novels in country like India. Hats off to the
writing style of the author as it is really dangerous to write on such genre
and in this regard Sreemoyee
Piu Kundu has done a great job as none of the extracts described look offensive
and obscene.
The book takes you through each and every emotion of a woman
who is in urgent need of love, attention and care. It explains jealousy,
sentiment of motherhood, feeling of attention and attraction, the desire to be
taken away, the desire to get noticed, some superstitious belief of hypocrite
Indian society, the fun and pain of living in a middle class family with hidden
desires of love and lust, repentance and the emotions when you finally break
free from all the bondages of a forced relationship.
But somewhere I was not able to fully convince myself with
the title of the book. Sita and the protagonist of the story are nowhere
related except for some instances in few chapters where the lady hero of the
book ponders upon the occurrences from Ramayana. Also, the relationship that painstakingly
beautiful village girl Meera shared with the so many men in her life was a bit
unconvincing for instance her bond with her very own brother or her dance
teacher at teenage. I felt some relationships were over exaggerated.
On the other hand I liked the philosophical touch given to
moh and maya (love and greed), to life and death.
Read this book if you are liberal and daring enough to bear
this unique and offbeat story. If you are someone who is a staunch supporter of
Indian society its rules set for women then give it a thought as this book will
definitely change your view about the desires of women.
About
the Author-
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu is an ex Lifestyle Editor and former PR
head, and now a full time novelist based in Delhi. Her next two releases are
You've Got The Wrong Girl (Hachette) and Cut!. Sreemoyee is planning her fourth
novel, a political tragedy, Rahula.
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