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Manju. Manju ( Mist) is a novel by M. T. Vasudevan Nair published in 1964. With few conversations and minimal characters the novel narrates the story of a school teacher. The novel is set in the mountains and valleys of Nainital where Vimala Devi, a teacher in a boarding school, waits in hope for the winter of her discontent to vanish.
Manju is a traditional Japanese flour-based pastry (instead of rice-based like mochi ). During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), Japanese Buddhist monks who studied in the Song Dynasty brought the culture of the tea ceremony to Japan, and the custom of eating confections with tea began in Japan. The monks also introduced tenshin (点心, dim sum ...
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Manju (novel) Manju (Mist) is a novel by M. T. Vasudevan Nair published in 1964. With few conversations and minimal characters the novel narrates the story of a school teacher. The novel is set in the mountains and valleys of Nainital where Vimala Devi, a teacher in a boarding school, waits in hope for the winter of her discontent to vanish.
Manju Kapur taught English literature in Miranda House College, Delhi University for over 25 years. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters published in 1998, won the Commonwealth Prize for best first novel,Eurasia region. Her second novel, A Married Woman published in 2002 was shortlisted for the Encore Award, her third, Home in 2006, was ...
Manju (Mist) is a novel by M. T. Vasudevan Nair published in 1964. With little dialogue and minimal characters, this novel tells the story of a school teacher. The novel is set in the mountains and valleys of Nainital, where Vimala Devi, a boarding school teacher, longs for the winter of her discontent.
The book is probably an impressionistic work - what happens in the middle is more important than the beginning and the end, thoughts and ideas are probably more pronounced than events, and the past is more prominent than the present. I loved that aspect of the book. I enjoyed reading 'Manju'. I am happy to read my first M.T.Vasudevan Nair book.
