bRAINBOW
Kuhusu kitabu hiki cha kusikiliza
This is an elderly woman’s struggle to stay independent and her family’s efforts to keep her safe. There are lots of twists and turns.
She thought ‘I have always told them what I see and what I think. They don't see what I see. They don't think the way I think. Maybe I am seeing aliens. Maybe I am seeing ghosts. How can they deny my experience? My experience is my existence. When they deny my experience they are denying my existence.’
"Mother looks and acts normally most of the time. But occasionally she does weird things" said Nicholas. As for the noises was she hearing certain pitches louder than usual? Was there a problem with her ears? Or was she hallucinating? Or, is there truth in her belief that dad will come back to visit her? Is that why things are getting lost and found? Or is the neighbor really doing nasty things? It was a mystery.
“This is getting weirder and weirder! Is she getting more paranoid as the day goes? Is she depressed? Is she hallucinating? Or is there a real ghost in the apartment? Even if there was a ghost will it be seen on CCTV footage?”
Whether you are a millennial or a baby boomer or neither, you will relate to this enthralling and emotional story if you have parents, and a heart.
Kuhusu mwandishi
Author, Poet, Innovator, Surgeon
A pen is mightier than a scalpel. A person who wields a knife can influence only one life at a time. A quill can touch many.
A surgeon with the unique experience of working in six countries over four continents, Dr Anantha Ramanathan has had the rare opportunity of interacting with people from over a hundred countries. This exposure to different cultures is reflected in his writings. He writes under the penname Ezhuth Aani which means a pen. A deep yearning for social justice, inclusiveness and equality as well as celebration of the written word are the guiding principles in Ezhuth's creations.
Having published an anthology of poems in Tamil in 2013, Ezhuth soon followed this with two novels in Tamil, In English Ezhuth has published I am the Lord, Another Tale of Two Cities, and bRAINBOW. His fourth novel, Riding with Ravan came out on March 25 2021. A second edition was released on Jan 26 2022. Painted Surgeon was published on November 11 2021. In search of Paradise was published in June 2022.
