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A review by poojasinghco
One Part Woman by Perumal Murugan
4.0
"There is no female without the male and no male without the female. The world goes on only when they come together" - One part woman, Perumal Murugan
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Kali and Poona, the married couple of 12 years, have a very loving and sexually satisfying relationship.
Their only qualm is that they are unable to conceive, and this calls for taunts from the whole village and the society, especially for Poona, who is constantly finding herself in embarrassing and humiliating situations because of this fact.
Over the years they have prayed to every god, offered alms to every deity, performed every odd ritual, but to no effect.
All of their hopes rest on a single night of the chariot festival, where the rules are relaxed and a consensual relationship between a man and a woman is allowed.
What will come out of the night of the union? How will it effect Poona's and Kali's relationship?
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The story is a third person account of Poona and Kali's plight, the societal norms that look down upon a childless couple, and also touches on the topic of casteism in Indian society.
The characters are very well drawn, the story is really gripping and you feel one with the trauma of the two souls trying to fight the taunts of the society, all the while not losing their love for each other.
I would highly recommend this to people interested in Indian Literature.
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Genre: #fiction #Indianliterature #cultural
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Reading difficulty: ⭐⭐/5
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Kali and Poona, the married couple of 12 years, have a very loving and sexually satisfying relationship.
Their only qualm is that they are unable to conceive, and this calls for taunts from the whole village and the society, especially for Poona, who is constantly finding herself in embarrassing and humiliating situations because of this fact.
Over the years they have prayed to every god, offered alms to every deity, performed every odd ritual, but to no effect.
All of their hopes rest on a single night of the chariot festival, where the rules are relaxed and a consensual relationship between a man and a woman is allowed.
What will come out of the night of the union? How will it effect Poona's and Kali's relationship?
🌷
The story is a third person account of Poona and Kali's plight, the societal norms that look down upon a childless couple, and also touches on the topic of casteism in Indian society.
The characters are very well drawn, the story is really gripping and you feel one with the trauma of the two souls trying to fight the taunts of the society, all the while not losing their love for each other.
I would highly recommend this to people interested in Indian Literature.
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Genre: #fiction #Indianliterature #cultural
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Reading difficulty: ⭐⭐/5