Ladies Coupé - Anita Nair

It's been so long since I've updated the blog :) I've been so busy travelling to India and then my parents came by for a visit. I've been reading but had no time to update :D

I had wanted to read this novel from a long time since I heard quite a lot of reviews about it. I found it interesting. It is about the girl Akhila who get a one-way ticket and travels in the Ladies coupe to Kanyakumari. She meets five other women ( Janaki, Margaret Shanti, Prabha Devi, Sheela and Marikolanthu) and listens to each one's story about their life and problems.

How Akhila listens to their stories and comes to a conclusion about her life is the entire novel. I liked it because it gave interesting perspectives into the lives of different kinds of women. Akhila wants to know the answer to her question - Can a woman stay single and be happy, or does a woman need a man to feel complete? Interesting novel!

Mistress - Anita Nair

I really liked this book. It is about four people, Shyam, his wife Radha, an American Chris and Radha's uncle. Chris comes to India to meet Radha's uncle and to write about his life. The story unfolds that uncle is a Kathakali dancer and the way the book is written in stages of different poses in Kathakali. I really liked the way the book was written. Amazing! The emotions of Shyam when he knows Radha is seeing Chris was really good!