Thanks to P.Muralidhran for the following review

DANGLING GANDHI LIVES UPTO MODERN READER’S EXPECTATIONS
As one of the first pre-publication readers, I read ‘Dangling Gandhi.’ The release of the book coincides with the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and that enthused me. The short story ‘Dangling Gandhi’ pricked my conscience. Many generations in India found a miracle maker in him and didn’t hunt for the invaluable treasure of his dream, i.e. a non-violent human race and how he was lifted to superhuman or god-man status. Images of gods or torsos dangle above the dashboard in vehicles. His image is dangling only in our memories and not embraced by us. The story’s message is very subtle, and the author has left it to the reader to ponder.
‘Did Churchill know?’ the title itself made me go for it as the next one to read. Many of us in South India have visited Munnar, a picturesque mountain station. But the history of the small village is not known to us. Can mountains be the borders of a man’s world? The storyline and characterization made me feel a rhythm of everlasting love, and the only thing does time cannot wear out.
For many Indian youths, Singapore is a dreamland and an ideal place to pursue higher studies and employment. The formation of days of Singapore opens our eyes to the gratitude we all owe to the workers and downtrodden who built not only Singapore but many other major towns or icons of the world. In Punkah wallah, besides this, I was moved to learn the plight of differently-abled. World, as we know with our senses, is different from their world. This story is an eye-opener for anyone who finds this world full of opportunities progress and bliss.
Peacock feather fan as a metaphor opens windows on our outlook towards others, i.e., how judgemental and indifferent to others’ sensitivities we all are. The subtle narration makes one introspect deeply.
In a remote town in Tamil Nadu, a great linguist who is having unbelievable command over English gives a very interesting read, and the story Mobile dictionary has taken up the question even today Indian society has not taken up. The question looms large, but we are indifferent. But the author is not.
Mostly I have found films depicting the plight of migrant workers so realistic that almost viewers are in tears. But what I didn’t find in the film medium I could appreciate while reading the stories ‘The peasant girl.’ and ‘Beyond borders’.
Pavilion gives a very neutral pen picture of the author on the indifference of the elite to the plight of the hapless around and the nation’s major issues as well. The satire is very subtle but disturbing.
Read Singapore is an eye-opener for any parent. Whether we did anything to kindle the finer capabilities and potentials in a child is a question probably we never took up. A very different narration, in a sense the world of a child unfolds before us from the child’s perspective.
Tribal life and the aboriginals’ culture is alien to the educated. The mindset that conveniently ignores their plight and their values are disturbed by the story Mother.
I haven’t read a story that comes close to the stress and strain of crossing teenage than the story ‘My mother is a feminist.’
“Am I a jar’ is a story that might give a cultural shock to Asian readers. But the story is not reflecting the author’s stand at all, nor she is selling any view on the gays or lesbians, but the story does throw light on what we hoodwink and move on ignoring.
The short story is the most popular form in genre fiction. In theme, form, and content readers look for newer avenues traversed by the writer. Jayanthi Sankar has lived up to this expectation in her short story collection ‘Dangling Gandhi.’