Da ragazzo a Delhi, pensavo che tutti i problemi legati ai rapporti tra le suocere e nuore, era qualcosa di specifico che riguardava solo l'India. Era uno dei temi più popolari nei racconti e nelle lettere delle lettrici che apparivano nelle riviste in Hindi indirizzate alle donne come Sarita , Manorama , Mayapuri , ecc. Oltre agli articoli sulla moda, sulla cucina, sulla pulizia della casa e su come prendere cura dei bambini, i problemi tra le nuore e le suocere, non potevano mancare da queste riviste.
relatives when they arrived home from distant cities for a wedding, the cruel stories about mothers-in-law that the poor were dying of starvation and hunger, and cruel in-laws, which enchants the poor boys making away from their families, were an important part of talk in the afternoon.
was a little surprised to come to Italy and find that even here the stories about mothers-in-law and did not fail, although not with the intensity that you hear in India. Not only in Italy in recent decades, I heard countless variations of these stories, more or less all the countries where I was. There are also laws and kinds of stories, but do not have the same level of melodrama and of emotional intensity.
Once, this theme was common in the world of Bollywood, but that was before the arrival of private channels of TV. If the theme of telenovelas can be considered the yardstick for measuring the importance of a social problem in people's lives, certainly in India, the subject of mothers-and daughters-in spite of social changes and economic and social progress, continues to be important given its continued and pervasive presence in the various television channels today. One of the most popular telenovelas in recent years has been, "Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Kyonki Thi " that is, "Because the mother-in-law was a daughter." I
thought to the subject of mothers-and daughters, when I read the new book by Sudha Murty , "The dollar and daughter ( publisher Felici, 2010) translated into Italian by Jaya Murthy .
Sudha Murty, the writer of the book is an engineer and is the wife of Narayan Murty , the chief founder of Infosys , one of the major computer companies in the world, which has made Bangalore Silicon Valley of India. The book was written from this same point of view, a middle-class person who knows and appreciates its traditional Indian roots, but at the same time, can look to Western culture in a balanced way, recognizing the positive and negative values.
The book tells the story of Gowramma, a woman from Bangalore, and the two sons of his wife Chandra and Ghirish. Chandra married with Jamuna, a rich girl of Bangalore, while living in America, while married to Ghirish Vinutha, a poor orphan girl and Dharwad, he lives with his mother-in-law in India.
The first part of the book focuses on the difficult relationship between good daughter and mother-in-law Vinutha Gowramma, blinded by the wealth of the other American daughter, is closer to the stereotypes of Indians and mothers-in-law, where everything seems to be divided between good and bad , senza molte altre sfumature.
La seconda parte del libro, centrata sulla visita di Gowramma in America e la sua scoperta dei diversi modi di essere indiani che hanno scelto di vivere in occidente, è molto più variegata, con tante diverse sfumature della diversità umana tra gli emigrati. Se per alcuni, America è sinonimo di perdere i contatti con le proprie radici, per altri, significa liberazione da tabù e oppressioni.
Il libro è chiaramente stato scritto per le sensibilità indiane con le sue melodramme e le sue emozioni, che ultimamente hanno trovato un apprezzamento anche in occidente tramite il mondo di Bollywood. In fatti, vi è già stata una telenovela indiana di grande successo basata su questo book.
His translation into Italian, in his rhythm, word choice and sentence structure, is able to maintain the originality of the text in Indian language (Kannada). I have read many books by Indian authors translated by people of great professionalism and sensitivity, but I never had a feeling like this when I read this book, read the words in Italian with every Indian. It seems that the book follows the existing rules of writing in Italian and part of writing the rules Kannada. In this sense, the book has an exotic flavor that goes beyond the plot of the story.
The book is also an authoritative source to learn about the Hindu traditions of Karnataka, told in a natural way as part of the plot of the book, do not put to explain and tell the West as often happens with books written in English by Indian authors.
If you like Bollywood movies, do not miss this book. I think that will give you a bit 'of those same emotions associated with masala films. Not great literature, but it is a pleasant book. As with all of Bollywood masala movies, you already know how it will finish the story, but the journey to discover it has its moments of surprise.
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relatives when they arrived home from distant cities for a wedding, the cruel stories about mothers-in-law that the poor were dying of starvation and hunger, and cruel in-laws, which enchants the poor boys making away from their families, were an important part of talk in the afternoon.
was a little surprised to come to Italy and find that even here the stories about mothers-in-law and did not fail, although not with the intensity that you hear in India. Not only in Italy in recent decades, I heard countless variations of these stories, more or less all the countries where I was. There are also laws and kinds of stories, but do not have the same level of melodrama and of emotional intensity.
Once, this theme was common in the world of Bollywood, but that was before the arrival of private channels of TV. If the theme of telenovelas can be considered the yardstick for measuring the importance of a social problem in people's lives, certainly in India, the subject of mothers-and daughters-in spite of social changes and economic and social progress, continues to be important given its continued and pervasive presence in the various television channels today. One of the most popular telenovelas in recent years has been, "Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Kyonki Thi " that is, "Because the mother-in-law was a daughter." I
thought to the subject of mothers-and daughters, when I read the new book by Sudha Murty , "The dollar and daughter ( publisher Felici, 2010) translated into Italian by Jaya Murthy .
Sudha Murty, the writer of the book is an engineer and is the wife of Narayan Murty , the chief founder of Infosys , one of the major computer companies in the world, which has made Bangalore Silicon Valley of India. The book was written from this same point of view, a middle-class person who knows and appreciates its traditional Indian roots, but at the same time, can look to Western culture in a balanced way, recognizing the positive and negative values.
The book tells the story of Gowramma, a woman from Bangalore, and the two sons of his wife Chandra and Ghirish. Chandra married with Jamuna, a rich girl of Bangalore, while living in America, while married to Ghirish Vinutha, a poor orphan girl and Dharwad, he lives with his mother-in-law in India.
The first part of the book focuses on the difficult relationship between good daughter and mother-in-law Vinutha Gowramma, blinded by the wealth of the other American daughter, is closer to the stereotypes of Indians and mothers-in-law, where everything seems to be divided between good and bad , senza molte altre sfumature.
La seconda parte del libro, centrata sulla visita di Gowramma in America e la sua scoperta dei diversi modi di essere indiani che hanno scelto di vivere in occidente, è molto più variegata, con tante diverse sfumature della diversità umana tra gli emigrati. Se per alcuni, America è sinonimo di perdere i contatti con le proprie radici, per altri, significa liberazione da tabù e oppressioni.
Il libro è chiaramente stato scritto per le sensibilità indiane con le sue melodramme e le sue emozioni, che ultimamente hanno trovato un apprezzamento anche in occidente tramite il mondo di Bollywood. In fatti, vi è già stata una telenovela indiana di grande successo basata su questo book.
His translation into Italian, in his rhythm, word choice and sentence structure, is able to maintain the originality of the text in Indian language (Kannada). I have read many books by Indian authors translated by people of great professionalism and sensitivity, but I never had a feeling like this when I read this book, read the words in Italian with every Indian. It seems that the book follows the existing rules of writing in Italian and part of writing the rules Kannada. In this sense, the book has an exotic flavor that goes beyond the plot of the story.
The book is also an authoritative source to learn about the Hindu traditions of Karnataka, told in a natural way as part of the plot of the book, do not put to explain and tell the West as often happens with books written in English by Indian authors.
If you like Bollywood movies, do not miss this book. I think that will give you a bit 'of those same emotions associated with masala films. Not great literature, but it is a pleasant book. As with all of Bollywood masala movies, you already know how it will finish the story, but the journey to discover it has its moments of surprise.
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