Some 2-3 years back I saw and was mesmerized by this Malayalam movie "Ishtam" which advocated the marriage of widowers at 60's because they also need a soul for companionship. It was about a son engaging a marriage for his father and ended with the occasion. I hope that marriage was successful. But when a marriage at 60 with a beautiful 25 is for cooking and pampering egoistic pride alone, what will be the outcome is something I read at this fantastic novel called "Maya Nadhikal". Written by Stella Bruce (A Tamil writer) and touted as his best ever, this lives upto its eulogies.
It is a simple phrase we use mostly when we get drowned in the sweet old memories and this novel by Stella Bruce is also on the same theme. Sometimes the painful memories give a sarcastic pleasure in revisting them and thats how our protagonist Ramkumar derives it from the incidents that wrench his heart. After all life is something that should be balanced with the past and the present. You can't completely forget the past. This was one of the most acclaimed novel of its times when it came as a series in Anandha Vikatan weekly. This novel had a terrific impact on me in the sense that it reminded me a lot of incidents when I used to be an impulsive person and some incidents of this novel had actually happened in my place. In a way this novel is something I took closer to my heart as it showed how one should be in relationships.