The Masked Face and two other stories - Vaasanthi
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'What is right? What is wrong?' asks Rohini in The Masked Face. 'We are creatures of circumstances.' Malini, her elder sister, rages at her insensitivity to the feelings of those she hurts by her action. It is the sense of values that differ from person to person whether it is among the urban, educated women in Delhi who imagine that they are truly modern or among the God-fearing, rural women, in Shadow Play, who have assembled at a temple village, Gunaseelam to cure their mentally affected daughters, believing the Lord would cure them, and reluctant to ask the question 'what is right?' It is…mehr

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'What is right? What is wrong?' asks Rohini in The Masked Face. 'We are creatures of circumstances.' Malini, her elder sister, rages at her insensitivity to the feelings of those she hurts by her action. It is the sense of values that differ from person to person whether it is among the urban, educated women in Delhi who imagine that they are truly modern or among the God-fearing, rural women, in Shadow Play, who have assembled at a temple village, Gunaseelam to cure their mentally affected daughters, believing the Lord would cure them, and reluctant to ask the question 'what is right?' It is a question that troubles Malathi, daughter of a gentle Gandhian, in The Womb, who knows nothing but to love - never considers the wealth of her husband as something of value and unable to wear a mask. It is a world that Malini, Paatti at the choultry of Gunaseelam, and Malathi - who is shocked at the one unforgivable question her husband asks - are unable to comprehend. All the characters, young and old in the three stories try to navigate their lives amidst the backdrop of generational trauma, relationships, sense of values and betrayals and tragedies, the masks everyone wears in a changing society that is still governed by patriarchy. It is a realization that comes at last, 'We are creators of circumstances.'
Autorenporträt
VAASANTHI is a leading writer, journalist and columnist in Tamil and English. She has published 30 novels, six collections of short stories, four volumes of journalistic articles and four travelogues in Tamil in the last 40 years. She was the editor of the Tamil edition of India Today for nine years. Her articles have appeared in leading Indian newspapers and magazines. Her works have been translated into Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, English, Norwegian, Czech and Dutch. Two of her novels have been made into films in Malayalam. She is the recipient of many awards in Tamil Nadu including the Best Short Story award of Tamil Nadu, the Best Novel Award for Ammani, and the Gnana Bharathi Award. She has received the UP Sahitya Sansthan award and the Punjab Sahitya Akademi award for her novels translated into Hindi and English, respectively.Now a freelance writer and journalist, she lives in Delhi.