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A Town Like Ours
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Nambisan Takes Us Into The Heart Of Small-Town India And Into The Lives Of Everyday People, Where Everything Is Extraordinary. So Why Have They Come, Why Did They Choose Pingakshipura Of All Places. Are They Seeking Or Are They Running Away? Nourishing Myself With Bidi Fumes, I Watch, Listen And Think. I Want To Know. Pingakshipura Where The Water Runs A Poisonous Black And The Hair On Every ChildS Head Is White And Yet, It Is A Village-Turned-Town Like Any Other In India, Where Every Life Hides A Story. Reclining On Her Thin Mattress In A Room At The Corner Of The Temple, Rajakumari, Retired Whore And Long-Time Resident Of The Town, Shares With Us Some Of These Stories. Of Saroja And Sampathu, Unlikely Lovers And Parents Who Have Both Fled Scenes Of Murder. Of Kripa And Manohar, The Childless Couple Discovering Something New About Each Other After Long Years Of Marriage. Of Lectric Mamu, Injured By The Infidelity Of The One Woman Who Is Immune To His Charms. Of Gundumani, The Boy With The Crooked Leg And His Almost-Sister, Rukmini. Of The Temple Priest, One-Time Servant Of The Red-Eyed Pingakshi, Who Birthed The TownS New Divinity Sugandha Enterprises. In Her Seventh Novel, Kavery Nambisan Takes Us Again, With Great Sensitivity And Fierce Clarity, Into The Heart Of Rural And Small-Town India And Into The Lives Of Everyday People, Where Everything Is Extraordinary.
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