Till Death Do Us Part by Mahasweta Devi
October 10, 2006
Mahasweta Devi is one of my favourite bhasha writers and I love everything that she writes no matter how tripe it can get sometimes. Right from the time I read “Mother of 1084″ and then saw the film in which Jaya Bachchan was brilliant to the time I finished reading her simple short volume of five stories titled “Till Death Do Us Part”, I have always revered her as one of my favourite authors.
“Till Death Do Us Part” is very different from all the other works of Mahasweta Devi that I have read before. All her other books are angst driven, full of passion to fight for the masses and their rights. Where they communicate nihilism to a large extent, this book is so tender and full of love that is energetic, defiant, and pathos that it makes you close the book with a bittersweet smile on your face.
