BOOK UNDERER DISCUSSION: Ladies Coupe - by Anita Nair

ABOUT THE BOOK: Ladies Coupe - by Anita Nair

Ladies Coupé is a novel by Anita Nair published in 2001. The novel follows the journey of a middle-aged Indian woman named Akhila as she travels to Kanyakumari in her search for independence and on the train's ladies coupe, swaps stories with 5 different women who inspire her to live her own life.

Ladies Coupe is divided into a total of 11(10+1) chapters and among them the alternate chapters are unnamed. Akhila's chapters or her point of views and thoughts, alternate between the chapters of other five women. This helps the character of Akhila to think and to reflect about the life incidents she heard from her co-passengers. The last chapter is entitled as Akhila Speaks and it deals with the decisions she made in her life after hearing and analyzing the life stories of those five women.

About the Author: Anita Nair

Anita Nair (born 26 January 1966) is an Indian novelist who writes her books in English. She is best known for her novels A Better Man, Mistress, and Lessons in Forgetting. She has also written poetry, essays, short stories, crime fiction, historical fiction, romance, and children's literature, including Muezza and Baby Jaan: Stories from the Quran.

About The Curator: Vidya Ramachandran

Vidya Ramachandran holds an M.Phil Degree from NIMHANS and is retired after a career spanning three decades in the field of rural development. A good discussion that is critically analytical and at the same time, deeply respectful of opposing viewpoints is what she enjoys about the Urban Solace Book Club.