Ancient Promises [Paperback] Misra, Jaishree

The plight of Janaki is portrayed in a touching way. The narrative is so powerful, we can actually visualise the scenes. Sends a strong message that a woman has the freedom to love and marry any man she wants, be respected and she shouldn't think about what the society will say as we are responsible for our lives.

Title- Ancient PromisesAuthor: Jaishree MisraPublisher: Penguin BooksGenre: Romance,Disability.Pages: 309Rating: 4/5Jaishree Misra'a semi-autobiographical work, Ancient Promises narrates the teajectories in the life of the protagonist Janaki allies Janu.It raises some very important questions regarding the view of society towards womanhood and disability, as in a country like India both are viewed as 'other'. Disabled women are doubly marginalized as they are female and because of their disability which contradicts the parameters of normalcy. The Protagonist Janaki was forced into marriage by her parents when they come to know about their daughter's romantic relationship with Arjun, a Delhi boy. She was married to a Maraar family in Kerala. But here she finds no mental or emotional support from her husband and family members.But everything changes with the birth of her daughter Riya who is a mentally disabled child.Once Janaki didn't have any purpose worth fighting for, but now Riya becomes her strength and reason to fight against the pre-set ideas and norms of the society.She associates her inability to speak Malayalam with her daughter's lack of speech and together they form the subaltern.Soon she realized that all these pre-set notions are worthless and she has to fight for the rights of her daughter.This realization changes her into a completely different human being.I have really enjoyed reading it and recommend everyone to read it once.Happy Reading

Such a gripping tale.. couldn't stop reading 💖

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Got in perfect condition. Good quality pages. Amazing read.

An inspiring piece of fiction... I loved reading the book which voiced various emotions of a woman

Loved this book :) So honest and frighteningly real. Appreciate the courage of the author to put out to the world her life so boldly.

Packing and delivery was good and flawless, but the quality og pages and ink are not upto the expected level of penguin books. Pages seems cheaper and print is faded, does not give the read inducing feeling.

Ordered book in early December. Till date still no book.Still waiting on feedback from supplierShridas

An ok book, but I felt I had read a lot of it before. If I hadnt been reading it for my bookgroup I wouldn't have finished it particularly as the first part contained too many comments along the lines of : if only I'd known how this would turn out .... which I find really irritating and not an encouragement to read on!!