LokVani-Nirmala Garimella : "The idea for this story, Uma Krishnaswami explains on her website, came when an editor sent her this reply for a query. "I would be interested in something with a deeper, richer emotional grounding. For instance, what if you took an immigrant family going back to India, and something happened there that changed the young protagonist's life irrevocably?" And that is precisely what Krishnaswami has tried to do in her debut novel, “Naming Maya”
A sort of coming of age story, the story seems plausible but seemed hurried at times. The ending was disappointing and seemed unconvincing. Although descriptive in detail of the streets of Chennai and the lifestyle of the people, I felt that Uma Krishnaswami left many loose threads and questions unanswered. After her brilliant and delightful short stories on Ganesha, (Broken Tusk: Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha) that I enjoyed immensely, this one paled in comparison."
Friday, October 22, 2004
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