Servants of the Goddess

Servants of the Goddess
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Publisher : Random House India
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 9788184005608
ISBN-13 : 8184005601
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Book Synopsis Servants of the Goddess by : Catherine Rubin Kermorgant

Download or read book Servants of the Goddess written by Catherine Rubin Kermorgant and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Servants of the Goddess weaves together the heartbreaking, yet paradoxically life-affirming stories of five devadasis—women, in the clutches of an ancient fertility cult, forced to serve the gods. Catherine Rubin Kermorgant sets out attempting to make a documentary film about the lives of present-day devadasis. Through her, we meet and get to know the devadasi women of Kalyana, a remote village in Karnataka. As they grow to trust Kermorgant and welcome her as an honorary sister, we hear their stories in their own words: stories of oppression, discrimination, violence and, most importantly, resilience. Kermorgant becomes a part of these stories and finds herself unwittingly enmeshed in a world of gender and caste bias which extends far beyond Kalyana—all the way to Paris, where the documentary is to be edited and produced. Servants of the Goddess is a testament to women’s strength and spirit, and a remarkably astute analysis of gender and caste relations in today’s rural India.


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