5/19/2023 0 Comments Homeless bird book![]() ![]() Koly, likened to a ""homeless bird"" in a famous poem by Rabindranath Tagore, embodies the tragic plight of Hindu women without status, family or financial security. Koly is widowed almost immediately later, she is abandoned in the holy city of Vrindavan by her cruel mother-in-law. The truth is worse than she could have feared: the groom, Hari, is a sickly child, and his parents have wanted only a dowry, not a wife for him, in order to pay for a trip to Benares so Hari might bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges. Only 13 when her parents find her a husband, Koly can't help feeling apprehensive about leaving home to live in a distant village with her in-laws and husband, none of whom she has met. Whelan (Miranda's Last Stand) blends modern Hindu culture with age-old Indian traditions as she profiles a poor girl's struggle to survive in a male-dominated society. ![]()
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