Padma: A Story of Courage
Author: Mala Mahesh
This book is a perfect description of Indian culture, fertility and takes on the patriarchy.
This book is a perfect description of Indian culture, and fertility and takes on the patriarchy. There is a parallel telling of two stories of different eras. From the beginning, the author did an excellent job of anchoring us to our seats on this roller coaster trip of struggles faced by our protagonists Padma and Naina. With a dash of similar challenges faced by the two despite the chasm of time.
It is the story of Naina and Padma. Naina’s life is shown in the present day. A career-oriented girl who has a loving husband and they are ready to start a family. On the other hand, Padma’s life is shown in the year 1900. She is beautiful, wealthy as well as intellectual. She has a very loving husband and in-laws. There is one common aspect to both the story and that is they could not get pregnant.
The storyline is really good. It depicts some serious issues and outlines how we as a society handled them in past as well as handled them in present. The language used is simple and easy to comprehend. Kudos to the author for bringing out such a fresh perspective.
