Anitha Devi Pillai

Are we ready to listen to the unspoken words around us? His wife's voice was unmistakable. She was moaning and sighing, and he could hear his divan creaking. How he wished he had not come home that night. He was a mere mortal. His heart had betrayed him. What can he do? Somewhere else in the world, a child watches...

What the Tongue Remembers, the world would rather forget. What the Tongue Remembers, time cannot erase. Jealousy, longing, betrayal, and faith simmer in a tantalising collection of eleven short stories of Malayalee women in Singapore, each at crossroads in life, each stirring a pot of nostalgia and desire as they prepare comforting dishes for their loved ones. In the kitchens...