Saguna: First Autobiographical Novel in English by an Indian Woman

Rating:
Summary: Nice, but not intriguing
Review: This book told about the childhood of the author. It talks about how her father who came from a Brahman family devoted his life to Christ despite his family's wrath. He lowered himself from the first and the most admirable caste to the lowest one. Her father died quite young, leaving her mother with her children. Saguna has 2 sisters and 4 brothers. Her sisters at that time had already married.

So Saguna as a little girl surrounded by 4 boys, was influenced by the behavior of boys. She grew to be a strong willed young woman, stubborn and very clever. Her intelligent had brought her to be a special student of health, and she was granted a scholarship to study in England.

Saguna was not a traditional Indian woman that we used to imagine. She was not obedient in a sense of slavery. She stood up to her will. She did not accept the faith of women whose jobs were in the kitchen. And she was brave enough to break every barrier that came upon her.