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Me sambal you chutney : stories, poems and a play inspired by Indonesia and India
Me Sambal You Chutney is a collection of 33 creatively crafted literary pieces drawing inspiration from the inter linkages between Indonesia and India. The stories, poems and a play explore these links using the themes of legends, connections, struggles and meaning. This literary achievement by Amol Titus will introduce readers to legends associated with Bhima, Mahameru, Garuda, Lara Djonggrang, Sugriva, Parikesit, Patanjali and many more.
It incorporates references to the Mahabharata and The Ramayana as well as their unique adaptations in Indonesia. Also skillfully interwoven are meanings derived from the Semeru mountain of East Java, Prambanan and Borobudur temples of Yogyakarta, the Subak terraces of Bali and the Haji Ali mosque of Mumbai.
The literary prowess of Amol Titus is on full display as he evokes in readers the full gamut of emotions as they experience the colors, cuisines, sights, sounds, spirituality, beauty, harshness, reality and promise of Indonesia and India. His imagination assembles a grand cast of characters including not only luminaries like Tagore, Nehru, Sukarno, Hatta, Sjahjir, Affandi, Biju and Gyan Patnaik and others but also ordinary people that meet, aspire, help, share and communicate in the process of the interaction and relationship building.
From freedom struggles to democracy, cuisines to Bollywood, tailoring to badminton, tooth filing to pole climbing, yoga to batik, textile mills to tiger, island of the Gods, Bali to Gods own country, Kerala - the canvas of Me Sambal You Chutney is truly amazing and unprecedented.
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