MISPLACED HEADS
Country: Singapore
Author Name: JAYANTHI SANKAR
Publisner Name: Zero Degree Publishing
Original Language: English
Always in strong pursuit of finding her roots, a Singaporean, Poorna is an Indian classical dancer, also the granddaughter of a devadasi who ran away from India to Malaya during the 1940s.
Poorna loses her parents at the tender age of 6 and is brought up by her mother’s friend.
She ends up marrying her son Sam.
He has an affair and creates another family in Sydney and therefore ends up divorcing Poorna.
Poorna continues to live with her mother-in-law who nearly disowns her son in Singapore.
Poorna takes excellent care of her.
Unexpectedly, Poorna in her mid-50s gets into a long-distance relationship with Raghu, who is from Chennai.
Poorna frozen her eggs when she was 36.
She carries within her a wish of having a daughter through the man she loves, but Raghu is against the idea of surrogacy and that turns their relationship upside down.
On the other hand, Tanya, Poorna’s ex-student pursuing her career in contemporary dance, based in Bangalore, a non-believer of marriage, takes care not to get attached in her relationships of convenience but ends
...up hurt, just like her teacher, but differently.
Why does she have to continue her search for her roots amidst her roller coaster long-distance relationship?
Transcending eras, Poorna goes to remote ancient temples for her research.
Through the backdrop of the art of traditional dance of South India.
Alongside the different ancient eras where lay deeply buried the roots of classical dance, two main dancer characters, one from Singapore and the other from Bangalore, of the present world.
The lives of women in the present world where long-distance relationships and little unusual relationships of convenience bring about various degrees of heartaches, pains, and turmoil.
The ups and downs of the system of devadasi are well captured in fiction.
The evolution of dancing women undergoes a major turning point during the colonial era.
As the lives of the women of medieval times, observing their emotions, the challenges of their lives.
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