Description
'Art of Leaving' is the disquieting and gut-wrenching emotional journey of an Indian woman, Kaya, who struggles with the hypocritical society in which she lives… a society that worships numerous female deities, yet rapes, burns, oppresses its own women and aborts its female babies. An incomprehensible irony.
It is through Kaya’s relationships with the love of her life, River; her wise, disabled, talking parrot, Shrill; and an underprivileged seven-year-old girl, Phooli, that Kaya is able to untangle the complexities of modern life in India.
But the emotionally sensitive Kaya – a lover of birds, books and art – is ultimately sucked into a labyrinth of emotions – of love, of loss and of a failed fight for justice, that sparks a blinding desire for revenge.
Was it the brain tumour? Was it her lover’s way of thinking that egged her on? Or is it the need of the hour to counter violence against women?
This multi-layered and emotional wrought story with strong underlines for a call to action is accompanied by the author’s own illustrated works.
It is through Kaya’s relationships with the love of her life, River; her wise, disabled, talking parrot, Shrill; and an underprivileged seven-year-old girl, Phooli, that Kaya is able to untangle the complexities of modern life in India.
But the emotionally sensitive Kaya – a lover of birds, books and art – is ultimately sucked into a labyrinth of emotions – of love, of loss and of a failed fight for justice, that sparks a blinding desire for revenge.
Was it the brain tumour? Was it her lover’s way of thinking that egged her on? Or is it the need of the hour to counter violence against women?
This multi-layered and emotional wrought story with strong underlines for a call to action is accompanied by the author’s own illustrated works.