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Thanks to all your suggestions, I ordered "the palace of illusions" and "Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata". I will keep you posted how they turn out. 😊

Originally posted by: Katori

Thanks to all your suggestions, I ordered "the palace of illusions" and "Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata". I will keep you posted how they turn out. 😊

Originally posted by: Dplee

Hey glad that you are going to read the books. I found Palace of Illusions better. I love fictions which were written from some other characters' POV than the traditional one. If you are interested in Laxman's POV, a must read is SITA'S SISTER by Kavita Kane. It is from POV of Urmilla, Laxman's wife.

Originally posted by: fan.matsh

Hey Dplee,

I just started reading SITA'S SISTER... Its going great... Am Loving it... I always wanted to know more about Urmila... This is a very good read... Dunno whether this is all the writers imagination abt Urmila / Lakshman or it has been described that way originally in the Ramayan... Whatever I am loving Urmila's POV! Abt Lakshman's loyalty towards his bro and bro vs wife!

Its so true, there are a lot of times, in real life too, where you would better accept that you are going to be secondary - for eg, a wife is always going to be secondary for a man when compared to his mother... Directly related to Bihaan's predicament... And something Thapki has to accept... For that matter any woman - though it sounds too harsh and not very pronounced these days due to nuclear families... but the fact remains... 😆

And for whoever is interested - its shared publicly on eBook4In.

Thanks Dplee.

Originally posted by: Amina-Zahra

lol, I just recently downlowded Sita's Sister and also, Jaya 😆 Though, hadn't have the time to start reading, yet. I seriously read too many things at once 😒

Well, Maty, there are instances where the husband puts his wife above everyone else because he loves her. I don't know... I believe every relationship has its place. You love your parents, your siblings, cousins, friends and still, can love your wife, it's not problematic, at all. Unless the mother developes this mind-set that the bahu is going to take her son away 😆

Has anyone watched Dhoom3? In that one, although sad, I loved the end! Why? Because he chose his brother over his lady-love - I don't know, had he chosen his love, it would have left a bitter after-taste since the brothers have been everything for each other since years.

About nuclear families - I think I might prefer them over joint families 😉 I mean, if your parents or the guy's parents need to be taken care of, it's obvious you'll live with them - but everyone else? I would go crazy I, anyway, do not get the whole system of the girl leaving behind her family to join her husband's. What if she's an only child? And as far as I am aware, in Islam it's actually natural that once married the couple moves into their own place (doesn't even need to be far away from your parents!); now, I see a lot of the older generations talk badly about kids who do that and it irks me to no end since that's what you normally do in Islam!

Sorry for going slightly off-topic, here 😛

@Dplee: You're an editor? Nice! Now, I, at least, know whom to turn to when i need someone to read over my snippets 🤣 Though, is it fun?

Originally posted by: Amina-Zahra

lol, I just recently downlowded Sita's Sister and also, Jaya 😆 Though, hadn't have the time to start reading, yet. I seriously read too many things at once 😒

Well, Maty, there are instances where the husband puts his wife above everyone else because he loves her. I don't know... I believe every relationship has its place. You love your parents, your siblings, cousins, friends and still, can love your wife, it's not problematic, at all. Unless the mother developes this mind-set that the bahu is going to take her son away 😆

About nuclear families - I think I might prefer them over joint families 😉 I mean, if your parents or the guy's parents need to be taken care of, it's obvious you'll live with them - but everyone else? I would go crazy I, anyway, do not get the whole system of the girl leaving behind her family to join her husband's. What if she's an only child? And as far as I am aware, in Islam it's actually natural that once married the couple moves into their own place (doesn't even need to be far away from your parents!); now, I see a lot of the older generations talk badly about kids who do that and it irks me to no end since that's what you normally do in Islam!