Before We Visit the Goddess  (English, Paperback, Divakaruni Chitra Banerjee)

Before we visit the Goddess, lets bow to the author first! There is something very poetic about her writing that tugs at your heart! The narration, the story line, the characters all together weave magic and leave you spellbound! A must pick up book, if you want to peep into the kaleidoscope of human feelings, emotions, relationships that spans across generations.

This book is a beautiful rendition of the stories of 3 women who had a host of things left unsaid but were all waiting together f...

“Beggars can’t be choosers”

Divakaruni turns the attention of the new generation women to understand their inner strength through her latest novel "Before We Visit the Goddess". Through the captivating tales of the three generations of Indian women Sabitri, Bela and Tara the novelists gives the powerful message that it is high time women became choosers. Her voice for women’s emancipation echoes throughout her works, yet her clarion call for women to break the shackles of time and space is...

There are books. There are journeys. There are books that are journeys. After a long time, I was invested in multiple characters from the same book and I felt I was a part of their journey from start to finish. I hadn’t felt that way for multiple characters in a book in a long time. Before We Visit The Goddess has strong characterisation and beautiful writing which makes you dwell into the book deeper and deeper.

Sabitri, her daughter Bela and Bela’s daughter Tara are three women who have f...