Book Review - The Withering Banyan by Hyma Goparaju
Synopsis - A well-to-do business family, whose members are torn apart by a turbulent father-son relationship shrouded in mistrust, suspicion, and contempt for one another- a result of the vagaries of the son's mind and its maladies - suffers silently. Well-wishers fear that Badri is suffering from a mental derangement, and is on the brink of wiping away his father, Siveswara's hard-earned fame and fortune. Unaware of the boundless periphery of its affliction, descendants of the five-generation lineage are confounded with an enigmatic and stigmatizing battle of their lifetime which they have to decode and overcome in order to ensure the well-being of the ensuing generations. About the story- The story has been set up in two parts. One part tells the story of Badri, son of a rich father Siveswara and mother Parvathy Devi. Badri is very much attached to his grandmother Kanakamma. They have a business of sweatmeat known as Irram House which is growing faster and bigger. Their ho...