THE TOUCH OF BREEZE (2023) – Last year Balladeer’s Blog reviewed Love of Rain, Indian authoress Pritilata Nandi’s brilliant and moving collection of short stories about Indian life. Nandi has followed that up with a novel about emotional upheaval and eventual atonement … to whatever degree is possible in life.
I’m fairly cynical and jaded but Pritilata has a gift for making even someone like me feel moved by the storm of emotions she conjures up. Through her characters Susmita and her granddaughter Silpa readers get introduced to a family from India who are about to travel to Hawaii.
Susmita, a teacher turned author (like Nandi herself) had hoped to take such a trip with her husband Arijit but unfortunately, he has passed away. The widow will be traveling there with Silpa and her parents, and we get some wonderful bonding between grandmother and granddaughter. Continue reading
LOVE OF RAIN (2022) – This excellent – and lightning-quick – collection of stories about life, love, and passion was written by Pritilata Nandi. She is from India, and has made these tales very accessible by avoiding complicated idiomatic expressions and by omitting from the stories all but the necessary elements of Indian history and culture. 
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