House that Dhathri Built and Other Stories

<p><b><i>'I Kalari Kovilakom grande maison guardian of memories-births deaths marriages hopes dreams laughter and tears-having gone through so many lifetimes now stand witness to the march of time and the waywardness of fortune. I with my louvered windows.'</i></b></p><p>This is the chronicle of a grand old mansion bursting to tell its tale!</p><p>The House That Dhathri Built and Other Stories will lead you deep into the heart of a Malabar palace a sequestered world behind high walls where life is veering towards an unlit crossroad strange and unfamiliar.</p><p>Throughout this telling the life of Dhathri Ranee of the 'little kingdom' appears and reappears like a skein of silken thread that draws the narrative together into a moving saga of the times.</p><p>Sweeping from British-occupied Malabar-through the war years and Independence up until the 'sea of red' causes the feudal system to break up and implode-can Kalari Kovilakom the house that Dhathri built survive the stormy buffets of social change? </p><p>Or will it be condemned to die an ignoble death at the hands of a common pickaxe? </p>