The Grammar of Silence

Dharma, intellectually curious and an anomaly in the ritual-bound Brahminical world of the seventeenth century, chooses to write her own rebellious script. The beauteous Vinodhini, a courtesan in the Thanjavur Maratha palace in the eighteenth century, learns to carve out her agency even as the glamorous world of the devadasi community crumbles around her. Born to a lower-caste mother, Muthu manages to climb accidental ladders to claim unimaginable success as Dr Mary Amelia.