Nayantara Sahgal has written another gem of a book. The author has captured the horror of our times in a story where ordinary people become victims of nationalist fervor. I only wish she had spent more time in the heads of the main characters as they undergo and are forced to live with the aftermath […]
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3420639082?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1 “Rhythms of Life” and “Wives of the God King” (another book by the same author, also available on Goodreads) are the two foremost scholarly books on India’s devadasis, generally translated as temple dancers, although their job description is much deeper and more complex than that moniker conveys. Professor Marglin’s credentials are impeccable; she holds […]