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Mudu Kusumaki Ae

Author: Kusuma de Mel
A Godage publication

Prolific writer Kusuma de Mel has published Mudu Kusumaki Ae giving a slice of her life for readers. The semi-autobiographical story shows how she married a well-known person Lal Premanath de Mel and her constant struggle to bring up three sons.

The book is full of real life situations that took place more than half a century ago. She candidly describes the simple life she led in the good old days when the cost of living was not so high.

The stress of the book is on her husband and three sons. They lived in rented out houses in different parts of the country. The protagonist was an indefatigable woman who faced life's challenges successfully. Today she enjoy's the fruits of her struggle but she has not given up writing. Even in her eighties she keeps herself busy writing books for children.

- RS