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Spices are Sweet

The short novel titled Spices are Sweet by DD, an emerging storyteller, is a masterly work about a girl who is modern in all her approaches to life but bound by the cultural and traditional beliefs of an extended Indian orthodox Hindu family. After an arranged marriage she goes through shocking encounters with strange young men who come to her house for ‘bridge viewing'.

Her repeated rejection in the ‘marriage market’ and her parents’ belief in soothsayers, her trauma and her ultimate triumph as an extraordinary woman are all delicately interwoven into the story proving that DD is a fine storyteller. The anonymous author has intricately woven into the story the multifarious aspects of Hindu cultural traditions in relation to festivals, marriages and other important functions, giving an indepth knowledge of the customs to non-Hindus and the Hindus who are ignorant about them.

It is a compelling novel with many interesting events delicately and artfully presented. The book printed in India is available at books.lk.