Honor
Honor Thrity Umrigar 5 Stars A deeply emotional story centered on the cultural mores, inequalities, class system, religions, family expectation and desperate means necessary to survive in Mumbai. Through the eyes of Meena and Smita, two very different but remarkable women you see the horrific poverty, acts of violence, and hatred between Hindus and Muslims. When Smita is sent as a journalist to relay the violent crime suffered by Meena at the hands of her brothers, she is unprepared for how she will be transformed. As this complex book unfolds, you learn the background of Smita and why she has distanced herself, physically and emotionally from the country of her birth. But in the end, who really saved whom? “It seemed to Smita that the history of the world was written in female blood.” I know this is the story of two women, but Abdul, Meena’s husband and Mohan, the new friend of Smita gave wonderful balance to this difficult, sad story. Both men sh...