1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mYjnOYZAXm"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/book-review-lucifers-lungi/">Book Review: Lucifer’s Lungi</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/book-review-lucifers-lungi/embed/#?secret=mYjnOYZAXm" width="600" height="338" title="“Book Review: Lucifer’s Lungi” — PoohsDen" data-secret="mYjnOYZAXm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Often it is the title of the book or its cover that grabs your attention and the reason I agreed to review this book was because of its title. This novella is very different from anything I have read recently. It is off the beaten path and I loved the path it meanders through. The book starts in Chennai at the beginning of the dot com boom. The narrator is just another bored and disgruntled adult – the monotony of daily existence and client demands making him restless. He embarks on weekend getaways to spice up his days. One of his weekend trips turn into something he does not anticipate. In a small picturesque village with more temples than people, where the fertile fields yield blooms that travel around the state, where the roads are rickety and the bus doesn’t stop often there lies a fear. A fear gripping the residents – a fear of the evil. As the sun sets over the tiny village and the shadows grow long, the narrator freshly protected with a black thread around his waist and blessed by Palayar, clad in a lungi and superstar tee faces the unexpected. His beliefs, the villages stories […]