1)Favorite phrase in the Bombay Trilogy's Shiva’s Arms?
vidama pidingarathu (the way samsara gets its hooks into you and won’t let you go) From Rescuing Ranu? How many cousins are worth one brother? (you don't have to know we're talking math here!) From Kalpavrishka? It's a tie between "work to do!" and "There's nothing like relatives!" 2)Favorite maxim or proverb in the book? The elephant should not marry with the mouse (SA) When Nela and Jackson in RR refer to one another as "my house," the way Ramanajun referred to his wife. The old woman in Kalpavriksha who only speaks to the young boy Anand in proverbs. 3)Favorite description? “Soon the lawn bloomed with bright saris. Heads tilted upward to try to see what Amma saw--light traveling to each person, to take with them wherever they went.” SA In RR, the way Nela takes care of Jackson when he falls ill. From Kalpavriksha: "It had always been the time she liked best, just after the moon had ridden to its highest point in the night sky. Ram imagined Alice gazing at the ruins of the reception in the frosted light, and tried to picture the room as she had seen it, bathed in a wash of sapphire like a wept-over still life: the tablecloths askew, the centerpieces and chunks of cake smashed into the floor, curtains of flower garlands pulled down after the children had attempted to swing on them, chair legs broken in the places where the men paraded the bride and groom around on their shoulders, and stumbled drunkenly into the furniture. Now the room, embalmed in gold, shimmered with light that would whiten in a minute." 4)Scenes that made you want to visit India? The celebration of Golu; Nela offering her hair at the temple. SA The depiction of pongal in RR. The wedding reception disguised as a Bollywood movie launch in Kalpavriksha. 5)Favorite scene revolving around food? When Amma makes her famous dosa at Ram's house in SA. The wedding feast in Kalpavriksha, served alongside acrobats. "A good Brahmin married in a circus!"
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AuthorCheryl Snell is an award-winning poet and novelist, author of the new family saga Bombay Trilogy, a retelling of her previous novels Shiva's Arms, Rescuing Ranu, and Kalpavriksha. Archives
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