What they want, really, is companionship and a safe place to be themselves, away from the oppressive eyes of a traditional community dominated by the self-appointed “morality police”, the Brothers.Īnd here is where some darkness comes in, because within this community, several young women have died. What they want is to tell stories – erotic ones – to each other. I’ve survived all this time without reading and writing what do I need it for now?’ Except, what she finds is that these widows do not want to learn to write: The story concerns the “still searching for her calling” Nikki, who, twenty-two-and-a-half years old with half a law degree behind her, obtains a job teaching writing to immigrant Punjabi widows in Southall, the heart of London’s Punjabi community. In this case it relates to the oppression of women, particularly widows, and, more specifically, the problem of honour killings, in Britain’s Punjabi Sikh community.
By this I mean it presents as an escapist romcom genre novel but within it is some serious intent.
Broadly speaking, Singaporean author Balli Kaur Jaswal’s third novel, Erotic stories for Punjabi widows, reminds me of Anita Heiss’ choclit books like Paris dreaming ( my review).
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