Of Dancing girls and Kite-runners

I have been introduced to a new wave of writing.
Its not the sad glum stories.. Boy born in deprived surroundings, boy never gets education, boy abused.. Now there is a new breed of writers who give this angle to books a new spin. Take for example- Louise Brown’s The Dancing girls of Lahore. Maha is a prostitute whose life is a series of sleeping pills, being cheated by her clientele, and a desire to be richer by pimping her own daughters. Mind you this is not fiction. This is true lives lived by many in the red light districts of Lahore. Now for the interesting part, not once in the book is the situation pitied, yet the author strives to portray the characters as strong and independent. Then there is the bestseller ‘The Kite runner’, a story to me of guilt and cowardice turned into acts of courage- life coming to full circle and karma. Here too, there are no excuses in the book of wrongs committed. The story traverses its path to reveal that wrong can be made right.

Its nice to see that lives are not pitied and even the most evil deeds can seek absolute redemption.
Even though it may only be in fiction.