TITLE:  UNDER THE MANGO TREE

AUTHOR: BINA PILLAI  

QOTD – what should a girl do, if her mother faces domestic violence ???

This book is perfectly describing the condition of women in our society, where they are not even free to take the most important decisions of their lives like getting married, choosing career .. parents just find a perfect groom according to social expectations and the money balance he has but does not care if they would be compatible. It is just like a game of gamble. if you get a good partner then you win,  but if you are not compatible then you need to learn the adjustment. But parents often closed their eyes when their daughter suffers from violence, abuse at home. 

This is a story of Diya Nair who is an eighteen-year-old, married against her wishes to a conservative man Rajgopal but she is in love with Aditya .despite everything, she tries to adjust in Rajgopal ‘s ancestral house, winning his family over and even changing some of their regressive practices .she gives her all to her marriage and is blesses with beautiful kids who is now the reason of happiness of her life but his husband continues to break her spirit.

She faces everything in her marriage and tries to save her marriage just for the sake of happiness of her kid but I must say that no one should remain in an abusive marriage for the sake of children because being in an abusive environment does more harm to kids than good. Her mind returns to the thought of Aditya with whom she has spent beautiful time of her life. Destiny gives them another chance of love. Will Diya take a chance of her happiness or she will continue with the life she is adjusting to ???

This book is covering the issues related to the women and how tragic is that this story is set in 1975 but still today many women can relate to the situation. how families can demand dowry and the younger generation does not have any objection. 

The cover is beautiful and the storyline is really good. language is clear and narration is smooth. This book is highly recommended from my side.