A song of light
Subtitle: a modern yarn about the Festival of Diwali
By: by Subash Kundanmal
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013
Place of publication: North Charleston, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9781492173946
Subjects: Divali; Fiction
Description: On the eve of a recent Diwali, (that glorious Festival of Lights), the cantankerous and vainfloriousmoneylender, Salaram Baiman, comes face to face with a Shakespearean truth, to wit : "There is a divinity that shapes our ends ..." The fantastical events he experiences transforms his view of the world and of himself. That Diwali his feet are set upon a oath that liberatess him from his venial bondage to avarice and self-absorption. The Goddess Laxmi with her helpmates illuminates his understanding of the true significance of Diwali and the moral imperative of benevolence in a world that is disproportionately poor and disenfranchised.
Notes: Inspired by the classic tale, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.