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The Tosses and Turns of History
- Padma Viswanathan (Author)
The Toss of a Lemon. Random House Canada
Reviewed by Nadine Sivak
At the beginning of The Toss of a Lemon, Sivakami, a Tamil Brahmin girl from rural caste-organized Samanthibakkam is ten years old and soon to be married. The year is 1896 and she and her parents are on a pilgrimage to her mother's home village of Cholapatti to meet the potential groom. The man they have chosen, Hanumarathnam, is a healer and astrologer who confirms the compatibility of his and Sivakami's horoscopes and also notes that there is a faint suggestion "in the weakes […more…]