: ‘The Illuminated’: A mother and a daughter confront religious fundamentalism in this debut novel #IndiaNEWS That was how Tara received the news. On a slip of paper in a spidery scrawl: “Father

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‘The Illuminated’: A mother and a daughter confront religious fundamentalism in this debut novel #IndiaNEWS
That was how Tara received the news. On a slip of paper in a spidery scrawl: “Father died. Call Surjo.� The message reached her in this manner because she had not responded to the many messages left at the language centre the day before. The woman remained silent and gave her two other slips of paper. They were as redundant as romance novels were these days. “Urgent from New Jersey. Call.� “We are trying to reach you. Baba no more.� She handed her the notes with the same equanimity with which she conveyed messages when Tara missed her mother’s calls. Tara was never particular about calling back. When she did, her mother had the same questions about money, sweaters, covering her ears while running, eating enough rice. She rarely made any calls to her family from Dharamsala unless it was to tell them to transfer money or courier her books. The woman held Tara’s hands, closed her eyes and said a long prayer. Before Tara could say anything, she had turned around and left. Tara’s first instinct was to look out from her balcony. There was the sky, the pagodas of the Dalai Lama temple rising in the distance, the big deodar spreading its...Read more

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