Even though the essence of Kamini’s and Saroja’s shared experiences are the same for both of them, differences exist. Their memories of the significant people who shaped their lives and gave them a sense of identity and anchorage differ. Both Saroja and Kamini remember Kamini’s pure gladness whenever Dadda came home from his tours. Kamini recollects “Ten years ago, I had felt a simmering resentment against my mother. I believed she had wronged Dadda with her rigid anger,…
In the beginning was pain. Or perhaps it was end that was suffused with pain, its distinctive indigo tint. Color of old bruises, color of broken pottery, of crumpled maps in evening light. But, no, not like them, ultimately. For although men have tried for thousands of years to find the right simile- and women too- ultimately pain is only like itself. (VD 3) So begins Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel The Vine of Desire. Divakaruni textures the experiences of Calcutta born and raised sisters,…
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