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What an amazing book this is. It is about the loss that accompanies migration; the loss of roots, of history, of the past. It is also about redefinition, about change, about what it means to uproot oneself from one's culture and start afresh.
'Motiba's Tattoos' by Mira Kamdar : Mira Kamdar, 43, now a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York has written a book about her grandmother, Motiba's tattoos. For the young Mira, Motiba's tattoos were laden with the mystery of a story left untold. It was only much later that Kamdar heard the story behind the tattoos, not from Motiba, but from an aunt. Motiba, it seems, had got herself tattooed at a religious festival by an itinerant artist. The vast wealth of knowledge and the history of other stories related to Motiba died with her.
It is this history of stories that Kamdar set out to discover. When Kamdar began to trace her roots, she found her family history in anecdotes and yarns. And granny Motiba's tales would certainly have been unusual. She was born in the tiny village of Gokhlana in Gujarat's Kathiawar district and ended up living in America. She abandoned a life steeped in traditions and rituals for a future in an urban environment. And yet, she remained anchored in her community's religious and cultural mores.
So, what of Motiba's descendants in America? As Kamdar presciently observes, "We will redefine, as each new groups of immigrants has done since the country's founding two centuries ago, what it means to 'become an American'.
Rating:Motiba's tale resonates with the tale of immigrant experiences across countries and cultures. It's about putting down roots and then reaching out to embrace new cultures and new experiences.
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