Name of the Book: From An-Other Land
Author: Tanushree Ghosh
Publisher: Readomania
Release Date: December 4th, 2018
No. of Pages: Not Declared
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The blurb of the Book:
Given The chance, would you be ready to immigrate? A majority would probably answer ‘Yes’. Yet, immigrants are looked at with either contempt or segregation and rarely compassion, in their motherland and abroad. Post The 2016 US elections, The rhetoric is further reverberating. From cancellation of refugee protection, zero tolerance and undercurrent crackdown on H visas to racism, profiling, and discrimination—the resurgence of nationalism is hitting The globalized population head-on. But what is immigration today? A question of life or death. A fleeing of persecution. A compulsion. Or mere pursuance of privilege. And, what is the USA today, especially for Indians. From An-Other Land are a reality check and an emotional guide for anyone who wants to understand modern-day immigration to the USA.
Review By TBC Reviewer
Short stories that are intense and mesh into a story. Lives intertwined in the USA, so far from their own country yet so close, almost like a physical yearning. From Another Land: Making Home in the Land of Dreams has fifteen stories and the author has very skilfully added a beginning and an end to the stories where all the characters are introduced while going to catch their flight. She set the tone of the book with the beginning and it makes an easy read since we are aware that all stories will be of the NRI’s.
The author has explored different aspects of life and the social, emotional constraints for men and women. Whether working or a housewife, both men and women face the dilemmas and restrictions are real and distressing. We always see the rosy picture, the money, freedom but the second-class attitude, the racism, the greed and abuse for that elusive visa is hidden beneath the layers.
The stories like Meera remind us that a visa is so important that being a woman often leaves no choice for a lady yet she found her place and freedom which would not have possible if it was India. On the other hand, her situation arose because her husband wanted to go abroad. Greed, selfishness that makes them forget that a woman has feelings too.
Ambition, 48Hours@Tech Next and Badrinath’s Bride talk of aspirations, dreams and success but at what cost. From Another Land: Making Home in the Land of Dreams talks of acceptance by peers and colleagues, climbing the ladder of success, facing racism all so subtle yet explicit in these stories.
Stories like Raji and the House, Purple Days, A Happy Marriage, Under the Seventh Tree and A Tale of Two Cities speak of loneliness, depression, guilt and sadness, that being in the USA does not make everything all right. The author depicts all these with simple words, deep, soft words that express the yearning and angst.
The book, From Another Land: Making Home in the Land of Dreams winds up with The Haboob, meaning a big storm or tornado that brings all the stories to culmination. The ease with which the stories are linked to make a good ending for the book. The characters that you felt for because of their helplessness or those that put you off with their negativity or selfishness find themselves or end up searching for that elusive emotion.
The book is attention-grabbing but a bit heavy to read, more due to its unsettling emotions, delving into the depressing psyche of the mind, and the words that need pondering at times. It is an interesting read because of the stories and the emotions they share.
I recommend From Another Land: Making Home in the Land of Dreams for an insight into the mind, lives and trials of the NRI’s. The illusion of the ‘land of opportunities’ and the self-obsessed humans, no matter where they are. The good ones will be good and the others will prevail as well.
The author has explored different aspects of life and the social, emotional constraints for men and women. Whether working or a housewife, both men and women face the dilemmas and restrictions are real and distressing. We always see the rosy picture, the money, freedom but the second-class attitude, the racism, the greed and abuse for that elusive visa is hidden beneath the layers.
The stories like Meera remind us that a visa is so important that being a woman often leaves no choice for a lady yet she found her place and freedom which would not have possible if it was India. On the other hand, her situation arose because her husband wanted to go abroad. Greed, selfishness that makes them forget that a woman has feelings too.
Ambition, 48Hours@Tech Next and Badrinath’s Bride talk of aspirations, dreams and success but at what cost. From Another Land: Making Home in the Land of Dreams talks of acceptance by peers and colleagues, climbing the ladder of success, facing racism all so subtle yet explicit in these stories.
Stories like Raji and the House, Purple Days, A Happy Marriage, Under the Seventh Tree and A Tale of Two Cities speak of loneliness, depression, guilt and sadness, that being in the USA does not make everything all right. The author depicts all these with simple words, deep, soft words that express the yearning and angst.
The book, From Another Land: Making Home in the Land of Dreams winds up with The Haboob, meaning a big storm or tornado that brings all the stories to culmination. The ease with which the stories are linked to make a good ending for the book. The characters that you felt for because of their helplessness or those that put you off with their negativity or selfishness find themselves or end up searching for that elusive emotion.
The book is attention-grabbing but a bit heavy to read, more due to its unsettling emotions, delving into the depressing psyche of the mind, and the words that need pondering at times. It is an interesting read because of the stories and the emotions they share.
I recommend From Another Land: Making Home in the Land of Dreams for an insight into the mind, lives and trials of the NRI’s. The illusion of the ‘land of opportunities’ and the self-obsessed humans, no matter where they are. The good ones will be good and the others will prevail as well.
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