The Mothers of Maya Diip

Plot

[Back Cover]An original publication from The Women's Press.'0f all the princely states of India there was one in which a matriarchy bloomed unashamedly.'... when the Blue Donkey received a formal invitation from the Ranisaheb to visit the principality, she felt highly gratified and then dubious...'So begins an adventure which leads Jyanvi and the Blue Donkey to the Matriarchy of Maya, to the Fortress of Hope and to the gallants of Paradise.In this, the funniest and most wide-ranging of Suniti Namjoshi's works to date, fable, poetry and satire combine in a heady feminist mix that entertains, subverts and scandalises.'... a born story-teller, a fabulist spinning yarns with a far-seeing vision with the ease of a natural' The Times of IndiaAbout The Blue Donkey Fables'Stories deftly pointing out the absurd ways in which human beings insist on categorising anything strange as Other and Worse' New StatesmanCover painting and line drawings by Beth Higgins