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There are a few stories which do not work but most tug at one's heart. All the stories are quite repetitive and have same roots. Divakaruni's novel The Palace of Illusions , was a national best-seller for over a year in India and [9] is a re-telling of the Indian epic The Mahabharata from Draupadi 's perspective. Jul 12, Punit Soni rated it really liked it Shelves: There is not one Indian male character who is shown in a positive light in this book. The stories are based in the San Francisco Bay Area and this makes it even more closer to my heart.

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It will surely appeal to all female reader, so a must read even for male readers who want to have a peek in other side of the relationship. Even though mzrriage first person is used in most of the segments, I always felt that the voice is narrating rather than reflecting, so that there was a lack of complexity in the other stories.

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There are a few stories which do not work but most tug at one's heart. It is a question that divakauni fuzzy handwriting and the color of ash.

Arranged Marriage poignantly highlights many of these situations and frustations that Indian women live through. How do the physical and psychological landscapes of India and America differ in these stories? In Sister of My Heart? It had nothing to do with my real life as an immigrant woman in America.

In other projects Wikimedia Commons. Do the women in these stories view themselves as having choices? Nov 17, Aditi marrisge it it was ok.

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Questions and Topics for Discussion 1. Explore the evolution of how things have changed for better rather than over-boiling rescue stories from patriarchal state of affairs. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Retrieved 23 February I don't see a point in dedicating an entire book to a very generalized, stereotypical, recycled, and clearly out-dated idea of the state of arranged marriages in India. What does this unusual choice of voice add to the meaning and impact of the story?

The whole book is very well-written, and personalized.

The writing is not bad; good even. This page was last edited on 18 Septemberat Certainly she asserts women's strengths through her highly complex marriagf protagonists, but in doing so she does not necessarily defy the culture in which she grew up.

I definitely resent how she has cast all Indian husbands as sadistic, sex- maniacal, over indulgent and all Bengali women as docile,helpless and utterly disappointed with their immigrant life. Clothes fleshes out the theme that often the burden of family honor is placed on the females members of the family.

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The way she weaves characters into her stories, is superficial. Should I bother finishing the book? And this is quite apparent in the stories told. The stories are variations on a theme, but no two stories are alike, and each one grabs you from the get-go and tugs at your emotions.

Very readable selection of stories, but overall I don't feel that they touched me in a lasting way. Some of the stories center around the difficulty to choose between the values you have been brought up to! Jul 10, A. Light and readable, with a gloomy and depressing undertone, but only a couple of stories that touched my heart The Maid Servant's story, Doors and Meeting Mrinal. The Book - Arranged Marriage is a collection of short stories centering around Indian women.

I'd have to say that maybe Divakaruni is closer to 'home' in her narratives, as if her intended audience is Indian or displaced Indian. In most of the stories the protagonist is a woman with Indian roots, settled in America and the story is about her tumultuous journey of life where she is trying to strike a balance between her deep rooted Indian beliefs and modern American outlook. Another derivative piece of literature from another unoriginal South Asian female author. I'm an Indian girl who had an arranged marriage and my life is nowhere close what these stories point at.