A Streak of Sandalwood Author:Anand Nair Thankam breaks all the unwritten rules of widowhood in Kerala: she refuses to become invisible, dress in a subdued manner or let her family 'look after' her. Instead she learns to drive and to manage her husband's tutorial college. On the way she takes on a young lover and joins a widow's association, where she freely expresses her views on the ... more »restrictions placed by society on widows. Set against the famous backwaters of Kochi, in Kerala, this is the story of one woman's efforts to lead an independent and interesting life within a conservative society, which is quick to judge and discard.« less