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Dance of the Spirits: A Novel

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“في غار حراء كان النبي محمد يعتزل كل شيء، في ظلمة الغار أضاءت روحه، وفي تلك الحالة فقط جاءه الوحي. في "مكان شرقيّ" اعتزلت مريم العذراء الناس، وهناك جاءها رسول ربها ليهبها نبي الله عيسى. في الكهف اعتزل فتية آمنوا بربهم قومهم الظالمين،فآتاهم ربهم رحمً من لدنه وهيَّأ لهم من أمرهم رشدًا.”

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“Instead, their only daughter was only going to Kerala, just a dodgy neighbouring state, doing one of those five-year integrated MA degrees that held no charm, required no intellectual prowess, and did not even further one’s job prospects. ‘Everyone from Kerala comes here to study, but our unique daughter decides to go there. What can I do?’ My father’s intermittent grumbling was amplified by my mother who spoke non-stop about sex-rackets, ganja, alcoholism and foreign tourists, making Kerala – a demure land of lagoons and forty rivers – appear more and more like Goa.”

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“What is a democratic Central Government to do with a Communist state?’ he asked. ‘What would the American administration do if California or Wisconsin suddenly – and I admit, somewhat unexpectedly – turned Communist? And again, how is a Communist government itself to behave with democratic overlords sitting on its neck?”

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“The differences in the life chances of the rich and the poor, men and women, Brahmins and Doms and, for that matter, Keralites and Biharis, Hindus and Muslims across India are so sharp that, until these inequalities are bridged, it is impossible for the nation as a whole to prosper, let alone be a world leader.”

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“Thus, she begin her own journey. Along the way, she will transform into Unniyachi, the aboriginal mother, into Kanchana Seetha and Sree Kurumba; into Vanadurga, the goddess of the forest, and Jaladurga, the goddess of the water; and into Kali, the primordial power. She will ride the waves between life and myth into the darkness of stories that are brighter than light. Through fields of marigolds to the slope of Kannanthalikunnu... To forest verges where the chempakam blooms... To screw-pine-scented canal banks... To riverbanks red with the blood of revolution... Through it all, Manjadikunnu will keep her company, silently, as the night of stories unfolds.”

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“In Kottayam there were deep undercurrents of local tension that they weren’t aware of. The Marxist government in Kerala was unhappy with the book for what it considered to be unacceptable criticism of the party and its legendary leader, E. M. S. Namboodiri -pad, who was the frst Communist chief minister of Kerala. I was an admirer, but not a devotee. The criticism in The God of Small Things had to do with the party’s attitude to caste. I was denounced as anti- communist (though nothing could be further from the truth) and for a while there was some talk of banning the book.”

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