The Scent of Happiness: Novel: Novel - Vatsala, R.
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'The Scent of Happiness could describe Vatsala too. Resilience, positivity, and laughter - these are the words that come to my mind when I think of Vatsala. Hers has been a life of deep troughs, just like the protagonist of this story. The scent of happiness pervades this story as it pervades Vatsala's spirit. Like the manoranjitham flower, the Ananda inside us may turn shades as we live, but it will always be fragrant.' Justice PRABHA SRIDEVAN (Retd), Writer and Translator 'When women begin to examine and represent their lives critically and with honesty, many an untruth starts to crumble. In…mehr

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'The Scent of Happiness could describe Vatsala too. Resilience, positivity, and laughter - these are the words that come to my mind when I think of Vatsala. Hers has been a life of deep troughs, just like the protagonist of this story. The scent of happiness pervades this story as it pervades Vatsala's spirit. Like the manoranjitham flower, the Ananda inside us may turn shades as we live, but it will always be fragrant.' Justice PRABHA SRIDEVAN (Retd), Writer and Translator 'When women begin to examine and represent their lives critically and with honesty, many an untruth starts to crumble. In order to prevent this crumbling, society hands them the burdensome responsibility of preserving family honour, thus forcing them into silence. The journey of Prema in Vatsala's novel The Scent of Happiness acts like a beacon of hope and light for such women.' A. ARULMOZHI, Advocate, Feminist and Social Activist
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Born in 1943, Vatsala grew up in Bombay and Rajkot and worked in IIT Madras. Her books include two poetry collections Suyam (Sneha, 2000) and Naan Yenn Kavingar Aaga Villai? (Ahuthi and Panikudam, 2018), two novels Vattathul (Uyirmai, 2006) and Kannukkul Satru Payaniththu (Bharathi Puthakalayam, 2016) as well as a collection of short stories Chinna Chinna Izhai (Bharathi Puthakalayam, 2018). Vatsala won the Tiruppur Tamil Sangam award in 2006 for her novel Vattathul. Her short stories have won the Illakia Chintanai award, the Agni-Subhamangala award and the Rajeswari Balasubramaniam award. Her poems in English translation have appeared in The Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry (Viking/ Penguin, 2009) as well as in Interior Decoration: Poems by 54 Women from 10 Languages (Women Unlimited, 2010).