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Mahima: A Memoir ReviewI bought a copy of this book when a friend told me to check it out. I turned first to the chapter "Justice For Mahima" and saw the beautiful language: "The room was filled with smoke from her burning heart." Wow, a cross between Rushdie and Marquez, and all in this new author from India.
An incredible story, it starts in India with a young woman from a traditional Indian family, albeit a Christian one, who falls in love with a Hindu man when she comes to the States for grad school. But alas, convention wins out over her heart, and she marries a Christian man chosen for her by her parents. The rest of the story is about her growing love and then her anguish as she realizes life with her husband is not as it should be. Children are born and raised, careers ascend, a family builds and then declines, as Mahima comes to terms with the reality of being in an arranged marriage while living in the American culture.
A powerful story, written from Mahima's perspective. It's a love story, a story of personal trial and tragedy, but ultimately a story of triumph over convention, but only after 24 very rocky years. Indeed, by the end of the book, the room is filled with the smoke of her burning heart.
A must read--would love to see this as a movie or mini-series. I ordered more copies for friends. Highly recommended.Mahima: A Memoir Overview
Mahima: A Memoir tells the story of an Indian-born woman and narrates firsthand the effects of religious and cultural norms, conventions and expectations.

In this memoir, author Viera Masih relates Mahima's story providing insight into the narrowly prescribed cultural and religious norms of the society in which she was born. Her story captures the manner in which these norms and conventions led to her victimization.

Born into a large family with six sisters and one brother, Mahima lived and studied in India for twenty-four years before traveling to the United States to pursue graduate school. Here she met and fell in love with Vivek, a Hindu boy, even though as a Christian girl, she was aware of the barriers that would make it difficult for the two of them to marry outside of their respective religious traditions.

Forsaking love for tradition, Mahima accepted an arranged marriage to a man approved by her family. Even before she and Ateet were married, and then throughout their marriage she suffered abuse; however, she felt trapped as divorce was not a part of her family's moral world-view. This memoir shares Mahima's emotions as she navigates through an arranged marriage dictated by societal traditions. Her story is one of pain and redemption, a tortuous journey from darkness to light.


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