Mala Mahesh, a Singapore based Indian author unveils

Mala Mahesh, a Singapore based Indian author unveils, at the hands of Shankar Mahadevan, her latest fiction addressing infertility and the struggles faced by women back in the day and now.

Both women characters were well-written; Mahesh’s intention to establish a contrast between societal treatments in the past and the present was commendable. Since Padma’s story was set in 1900s, and Naina’s in present, it was also possible to picture a contrast between their respective husbands. Padma’s husband Seshadhri was shown as a loving partner who respected his wife while right from the first chapter Naina’s husband failed to show any respect to Naina and their relationship. Read more: https://amzn.to/3zJyRKk