THE WEIGHT OF A CHERRY BLOSSOM

If you took a map and pinned each city Ive lived in Id exist somewhere in the tautness of the string attaching one point to the other. If a life is lived across many homes—from balmy Chennai to muggy Mumbai the crackling expansiveness of Delhi to the breath-taking splendour of Vancouver in spring—where do you truly belong? If you are constantly on the move is home just what customs can clear? And how do you find love in the middle of it all when you do not or cannot stay in one city long enough? Funny poignant and reflective the weight of a Cherry blossom is a fable of rootlessness and belonging in the modern world. It is equal parts a story of urban loneliness and self-discovery and of the healing powers of kinship and love. Revisiting the awkwardness of adolescence and the chaos of growing up it looks The foibles of adulthood irreverent in the eye. Tracing the powerful patterns of family friendship storytelling fear love and loss from her childhood to the teetering end of her twenties Shruti buddhavarapu takes you through the embarrassing yet affirming adventures of a life lived with ones heart on ones sleeve—through illness despair and joy.