Petals!

I had begun reading an unusual book called ' blue: The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories from Sri Lanka ' edited by Ameena Hussein. It is recommended as a break-through in Sri Lankan writing. Here's a book review of it by Sharanya Manivannan . This is definitely not a genre I read. But my rationale for picking this up was:  Why not just see another person's perspective about an aspect of life that you know nothing about?  The problem is: As a reader, I felt a complete disconnect as I began reading this book. I could not understand what made so many young writers put in so much effort to write this kind of fiction. This book, no matter what the reviews say, is not a milestone in Sri Lankan writing. I couldn't tolerate it at all. Coming back to the genre of erotic books, the last book I read was ' Autobiography of a Sex Worker ' by a Malayali woman - this was at least three years ago.  After reading the book, I found myself able to empathize with se...