{"product_id":"mayadevis-london-yatra-9789354478048","title":"Mayadevi's London Yatra","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Mayadevi, aged 70, 75 or 80, depending on her mood, decides to go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto London, she knows it will mean a year of penance to wash away the sins of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecrossing the ocean. But if her son will not come to her, Mayadevi must go to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'Fish Curry Memories', Leela spends her nights cooking curries on order, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eso that she can buy a ticket back from London to Delhi, and escape the life of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunpaid maidservant to her nephew and his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn between these two stories, are other journeys, ghosts, and a murder or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwo. Anadi crosses the river from Bishtupur to cities far away, only to find that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit takes a chance meeting with a bedraggled stranger to transport him back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehome. Roopbala makes a pilgrimage to Badrinath to atone for a crime she had\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommitted years ago-or had she? Soni in 'A Murder in the Wedding Season'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis faced with a dilemma-is Banno Bua victim or criminal? Just as the reader\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emust ponder whether it is Pinky and her brother in 'Child-thief' who should\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe punished, or the people from whom they steal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning a period of 30 years, from 'Rites of Passage', written in 1992, to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew stories published here for the first time, this collection showcases the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efinest stories by a writer famed and loved for her gentle humour, lightness of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etouch and compassionate understanding of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354478048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Bulbul Sharma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774182584501,"sku":"9789354478048","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mayadevis-london-yatra-9789354478048","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}