BOOK REVIEW: A Comparative Study of A Thousand Splendid Suns and Kamala: The Story of a Hindu Life – Exploring Women's Role Through History

The novel A thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossenni published in 2007, talks about Kabul, and Afghanistan and the dreadful atmosphere associated with them, the suppression of women and terrorism are the main themes around which the novel revolves. The primary feeling in the book is terror, again, mostly experienced by women living there. The main character of the novel is Mariam who goes through great hardships and persecutions in life and of how she finally overcomes her fear of the man in her life: her husband. The other novel in contrast is Kamala: The Story of Hindu Life written by Krupabai Satthianadhan in 1894 which mainly talks about the child marriage of a high caste Hindu girl and her experiences as she crosses the threshold of womanhood and about married life as a young child and dealing with in-laws.