Sutak (English, Paperback, Palshikar Nadi)

After a long long time I've read a book and felt compelled to finish reading it at nearly one stretch, over 12 hours (6 hours of sleep included). There are books like 'Love in the time of Cholera' that bring you to this deep pain and happiness and make you bond with it every now and then. This book, Sutak, brought me to this pain, this beautiful oneness with it, almost every 3 pages or so. There is a beauty to pain, genuine pain, there is a catharsis to pain, it has this ability and Sutak tak...

A heart-warming intense tale of complicated relationship shared by two sisters .Gripping tale that tugs at your heart with little moments and often leaves you marveling at the treachery of complexed human minds and relationships. Highly recommended.

I wrote back to the author telling her that on the second reading, i really wanted to slap each and every character. Such flawed and real are the people in Sutak. I mourned with Akku, each time her spirit was slighted. Have you read and loved a book where the characters have many shades that you or your loved ones have? This, was that book for me. I saw my amma in Lalita and my grandma in their mother! So many unresolved feelings and often suffocating gaps in relationships, that it is unnervi...