Title : The Vine of Desire
Author : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Reviewed By : Hastha Narayan
Favourite Character : Sudha
Favourite Lines : Can the left hand ever hate the right ?
About the Story : A novel that explores the emotional ties between two cousins Anju and Sudha (who are more like life long friends). Far from Calcutta, their hometown, and after years of living separate lives due to forced arranged marriages, Anju and Sudha rekindle their friendship in America. It gives Anju the strength to pick up the pieces of her life after a miscarriage, and Sudha the confidence to make a life for herself and her 1 Year old daughter, Dayita-without her husband. The bond which the two women shared right since childhood is completely shaken when they must confront the dangerously deep passionate feelings Anju’s husband Sunil has for Sudha. Fate plants the seeds of hatred.They begin to question the central assumptions of their lives and try to make sense of the freedoms of America and of the ties that bind them to India, their families and one another. The unlikely relationships with men and women winds through family, secrets, friendship, love, betrayal, and grief which makes each character in the story put themselves first. But in spite of everything that happened, the love that the two women shared, could not be turned into hatred. As Pishi rightly said, ''Can the left hand ever hate the right?''.
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