Cast Me Out If You Will: Stories and Memoir

by Lalithambika Antharjanam

Book Overview

"There have been no women in our part of the country whose names posterity found it worthwhile to cherish," writes Lalithambika Antherjanam (1909-1985) in "Come Back," her fictional account of an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558611886
• ISBN13: 9781558611887
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Pen For Freedom - An Indian Story

It was refreshing to read the stories again. I had read them in pieces earlier. Lalithambika Antherjanam shows a rare sensitivity in her stories while portraying the recess of the hindu household, the kitchen and the soul of many antharjanam's(ever inside). The stories are a rare insight into the trauma and agony which results in the silence of the characters which only the Author is able to explain. Many of them bring back memories of an exotic land rich and deep in its spirituality but at the same time perplexed by the complexity of it all... Gender relations are at a balance when the women is repressed! Men walk around chanting 'vedas' while the womenfolk long to see the light of the day... The stories are extemely readable and the collection is a gem. Her memoirs mark the courage and the conviction of an Antherjanam to speak out and to think the way she does. Lalithambika's life story( or stories from her life) is a rare one. One that speaks volumes about the graceful men(women) fighting systems and social structures for the freedom of mankind. She writes for women but never does she fall into the trap of steriotyping. Great works come from great lifes and here a great live can be read from a great work.The translation maintains the clarity of the theme and the beauty of the language as in the original.