The NYTimes reports that M.M. Kaye, the novelist who gave Americans a rather romanticized and, in my opinion, a parochial view of the British Raj died Thursday. She is best known for writing The Far Pavilions. A television series by the same title, in 1984, brought her worldwide attention.
Was it not also in the early 1980's that Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi and another television series, The Jewel in the Crown made their debut?
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Hemali Dassani must have quite an audience. I have to admit I am actually a bit envious of her. You might be hard pressed to find her writing in bookstores or libraries, but those of us who receive her occasional musings and missives are truly lucky. Her recent thoughts and travelogues from India alone caused quite a stir in me. I'll try and fish out her email from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Evocative and full of imagery, Hemali writes not from the gut, but from the heart. True, some of her writing may initially appear disjointed, but things always seem to come full circle in the end. It might be something she has read, seen, thought or felt. Whatever it is, she gently nudges us into thinking about things that are beyond the banal, giving us the kind of reprieve I feel we all need from the mundane rhythms of life. I think what I like most about her writing or quotations is that it helps us peer into a different mirror and ask ourselves some very interesting questions.
It's quite simple. She needs to be read by more people. I am trying to persuade her to start a blog of her own, but she just might occasionally post something here on Tiffinbox. Keep hope alive!
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