THE BOOKSHELF
THE CURSE
Salma Translated by N Kalyan Raman
A young woman is caught between her desire for marriage and a dark family history that haunts her like a curse; a woman recounts how access to toilets, particularly during her periods, was mired in shame; the arrival of a television from Dubai creates a stir in the village. The stories in are loosely set in the Muslim communities of rural Tamil Nadu, and explore, among other things, the daily lives of women.
