ALKA JOSHI REWRITES HER MOTHER’S HISTORY. What if she weren’t married at 18, but instead, had studied and launched a business? Where would her agency and ambition have taken her, in 1950s India? And how would she have reacted to a life of freedom, even if only in fiction? Joshi’s lush, eloquent debut, The Henna Artist, then, is a gift of liberation.
The novel follows 17-year-old Lakshmi, who escapes an abusive marriage and makes her way to Jaipur; there, she establishes herself as the most in-demand henna artist for the city’s wealthy women. For Joshi, it was a deliberate choice of profession: It maintains a class distance, but allows enough access for her to become their confidant. An accomplished debut, it is an international bestseller, and a Reese Witherspoon X Hello Sunshine book club selection. But Joshi’s biggest accomplishment, perhaps, is living a life that requires no revision.
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ENCHANTED FOREST
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THE FEMALE GAZE
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PURE PERFECTION
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ODE TO Legacy
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रोशनी का दिव्यबोध फैलाती दीपावली
लक्ष्मी की आराधना होनी चाहिए क्योंकि लक्ष्मी का संबंध धन से नहीं वरन उसकी पवित्रता से है। लक्ष्मी अशुद्ध, अपवित्र और अप्राकृतिक से कभी नहीं जुड़ती। इस नाते जिसका आस्वादनभोजन अशुद्ध है, जिसकी भाषा-वाणी अपवित्र है, जिसका संस्कार-विहार अप्राकृतिक है, वह लक्ष्मी का आशीर्वाद कैसे प्राप्त कर सकता है। सच्ची और स्थाई लक्ष्मी वही है जो शील और मर्यादा से पायी जाए।
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