Just Released By Power Publishers - Ladies’ Compartment, 8.47 Local By Suma Narayan

Dec. 29, 2011 - PRLog -- The hardships faced by daily passengers of local trains in Mumbai are a reality. The author has cleverly woven her collection of twelve, short, woman-centric stories based on this theme. These women face a constant conflict between their own desires and the expectation of the society at large.

People, not only in Mumbai but in other cities as well, who have to commute by local trains, have readily identified with the book. Women are stunned to find a reflection of their daily struggles and innermost conflicts in the stories.

The author presents a dozen strong and spirited women characters in the book. She has chosen them from different social strata. Their desires, needs and priorities are different. This lends an interesting flavor to each story otherwise similar in theme. The narrator, a teacher in a suburban college, binds the stories together, reminding us of the Greek Chorus.

The women in this book are strong, colourful characters who have to maintain a perfect balance between their household duties and their work outside. Women who work outside have to face tough competition not only from their male counterparts but also from their families. It is the woman that holds the family together. Therefore she has to be super-efficient to manage her home and her work simultaneously. While travelling to work by local train, these women meet each other in the ladies compartment of the train. The author has selected the most interesting characters amongst them. The society expects a lot from Indian women. In order to fulfill their own dreams, the women have to literally wage a war with the world. There is a constant tussle between the two disparate forces of their own expectations and the expectation of the society.

The author has made use of the language of the senses and stimuli more than the conventional dialogue style. The subtle nuances of each character have been intelligently captured through this style of writing.

The hardships and struggle, which is a part and parcel of almost every woman’s life, is reflected in this collection of short stories.

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