Book Review - Museum of Memories: A soulful journey of many lives, through many eras and across many worlds
Amrita Mukherjee’s book ‘Museum of Memories’ ( http://www.amazon.in/dp/9385854194/ ) is a collection of 13 short stories which, as the blurb suggests, are tales inspired by reality. Reading through the stories, you find yourself looking into a kaleidoscope of emotions and Amrita, with her lucid language and superior storytelling skills, draws you into a world inhabited by characters you have grown up with, characters you run into everyday, and the person you look at every time you stand in front of the mirror. In terms of structure, these are short stories that speak volumes and mostly end unpredictably. One can breeze through the book from cover to cover. However, they leave you with images, questions and thoughts to reflect upon long after the last page has been turned. How do we embrace those close to us before they turn into memories? How does a woman who sells her womb for a price then grapple not just with the empty womb but an empty heart? What does destiny have in...