About the Book: Pyjamas Are Forgiving
Shanthamaaya Sthalam in Kerala is nothing less than the Iron Man of Ayurvedic
spas. Here patients have to receive daily shots of ghee laced with cows urine
and be purged both by leeches and the worlds most powerful laxative. Anshu, a
regular, is a firm believer in the powers of Ayurveda, but on this visit she
finds it harder to rebalance herself. For among the milieu of new patients is a
familiar and unsettling one her ex-husband. In the serene sanctuary of
Shanthamaaya, where food is rationed, sex forbidden and emotions centred, Anshu
finds herself awash with old memories, and