I picked up book 7 of the #2023ReadingList on a whim to satisfy this month's "colours" theme in @poongabook.
The Queen Of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan.
I was pleasantly surprised by the writing and I really liked the book. TBH, I was moved when reading the part where Andal writes the first Thiruppaavai. I especially liked how the author ended the book. Respecting the myth, but making it her—and Andal's— own.
Highly recommended.
⚪️ The Poonga book theme for March is "Colours".
Let your imagination fly and select a book you think suits the theme.
⏰ Join us online on Sunday, March 5th, 4pm IST for the discussion. DM on that day for the link.
Let’s keep the conversation going.
There should be no doubt in future about who is responsible. 😝
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The poet to his daughter
"Young as she is, the stuff
Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy:
I wish her a lucky passage."
https://poets.org/poem/writer?mbd=1
The Writer, Richard Wilbur
"Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade."
Pleasures and Days, Marcel Proust
"Then why go on making any effort?"
Leo Tolstoy too had the same question as we do.
From "A Confession", Leo Tolstoy. Translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude.
Wikisource of the book : https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Confession_(Maudes_translation)
Vijay / விஜய்