Between The Lines, the reader's club at Gallery Gitanjali invites you to a reading and a presentation of Meena Kandasamy's The Gypsy Goddess on Friday , 11 November at 6.00 pm; Archana Nagvekar will present the novel. In rural Nagapattinam, the landlords force the peasants, whose bellies are never quelled of hunger, to work for a pittance.
It's little wonder that communist ideas of a classless society manage to light a spark of defiance in the peasants. But the price that one village has to pay for standing by the Red flag is unprecedented. ‘The Gypsy Goddess’ by Meena Kandasamy is a novel based on Tamil Nadu's worst ever Dalit massacre that took place on 25 December 1968. Seen through many eyes, the novel is unconventional and almost documentary in its narration. The novel recounts with brutal honesty how society, the government and the judiciary have collectively failed the Dalits. Archana Nagvekar is a computer engineer by profession and a bookworm by passion. Thanks & Regards Alissa Franco Gallery Gitanjali E-212,31st January Road, Fontainhas,Panjim, Goa-403001 India www.gallerygitanjali.com 00919158940495