This story describes how certain aspects of ones culture may create problems for an individual belonging to a particular culture. Often cultural practices are exercised because of ones loyalty and love to ones culture but that loyalty may develop into trauma of a member of a specific culture. Female circumcision as described in this book reveals the trauma that may develop because of the ritual
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On several occasions she thought, "Propagation of our tradition and culture has killed my daughter. What a loss! What a trauma! God forgive me. I didn't mean to kill her. I did that for the good of our culture. Please God forgive me and give me another child. My dear Lord, now I have tested the spinning power of my culture. Its gyrating effect has destroyed my daughter and instilled guilt consciousness in me for the rest of my life. Help me God survive this mental trauma. Amen. Please God let me meet my daughter on the day of judgement so that I can honestly ask her for forgiveness."
In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
