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If It Is Sweet

By Author :

Mridula Koshy

Language :

English

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Published by Heavy Metal Magazine

283 pages

ISBN-10:

9380032122

In If It Is Sweet, precisely etched characters collide, the blind suddenly seeing the blind. Mridula Koshy plumbs the chasms across which they stare, asking the question: what is it people see when they see one another? Her characters are proximate, though from vastly different class backgrounds. Servants and mistresses. Middle-class insomniacs wandering the same footpaths on which labourers wake to care for their sleepless infants. An old man, his maid, and a koodawallah, and a conver...

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Satan

Jul 27, 2011, 11:30 am

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An absolutely awesome read. The collection has an electic mix of emotions and relationships. You can't stop thinking about the stories even after you put the book back i.. More details

An absolutely awesome read.
The collection has an electic mix of emotions and relationships. You can't stop thinking about the stories even after you put the book back into the shelf.
My personal favorites: The large girl; The good mother; Jeans...
Mridula deserves every bit of praise and applause for this one.
The narration is fresh and breezy. There are aspects of life portrayed in a way that I, for one, had never thought of. (Ok fine, a friend helped me see some of the points I missed, only to appreciate the stories better!)
This is a definite MUST HAVE book! Hide details

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SoniaS

Jul 8, 2011, 11:51 am

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My fondness for short stories made me go lengths to find this book. And I definitely want to admit – it was totally worth it! A fine amalgamation of perspective, imagi.. More details

My fondness for short stories made me go lengths to find this book. And I definitely want to admit – it was totally worth it!
A fine amalgamation of perspective, imagination and reality. Conventional settings with contemporary outlook, without traditional facets taking over the characterization, reveal the writer’s flair of capturing your mind and lingering on for almost ever!

The Good Mother –breaks away the conservative facade and shows a mother agonizing over her failed motherhood. She ends up picking a young lover after her son’s death and commits a mistake she can never forgive herself for.
POP –walks similar lines of failed motherhood but with a newer perspective.
Jeans –is an intimate sort of a read. Who would have ever thought of writing about our pretty behinds in this way! And they do really juggle in four different sections! An erratically humorous read with an interesting view point.
The Large Girl –is a bold narrative. A tender love story beyond traditional norms and lines.
Companion – felt surreal and the emotions shared by the two companions come to reveal a surprise ending.
Stories like “Today is the Day, Romancing the Koodawalla, Not Known, Stray Blades of Grass and Same Day,” reveal the feelings of characters belonging to the lower strata of society. The stories show the humane aspect of the author and her keen observation skill. Some of the characters are the ones we would have come across in life but reading Mridula’s stories makes us see aspects we would have never considered earlier. She doesn’t sound preachy or gung ho about the fates or challenges faced by her characters –but simply puts forth their feelings and aspirations. Beautifully written.
“When the Child was a Child, 3-2-1, First Time, and Passage” –deal with loss and mourning and lives of expats. Come to see, almost all stories have an underlying theme of sorrow and loss. Maybe that’s what binds the entire collection.

Overall, a well-paced, strikingly original and riveting collection that navigates locales between Los Angeles and Delhi. And all the seventeen stories in If It Is Sweet are unique and leave behind an everlasting impression.
Most of the stories make you go back to them. For a second read. And each time you read them, there’s a different aspect that comes to light. The stories create a stir...an unrest in your mind. They make you see the realities as the author visions.
Mridula’s writing is lucid and smooth. It haunts you in a desirable way. You are bound to find it demanding (or bumpy sometimes), but it is a style you will end up loving.
A myriad of emotions and a palette of feelings, the book deserves to be in your bookshelf forever!
Not to forget the unassuming title that leaves a very different taste in your mind. Astounding. Hide details

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