Children love to be in their zone of fantasy and imagination, but they are bogged down by the ruthless realities of the world. No matter what, some children chase their dreams and aspirations with an unmatched determination. Something similar happens in Ejaz Ahamed’s ‘Dancers in the Dark’. The novel is set in somewhere South India, backdropped against the village Kilipur, takes a sneak peek in the lives of fatherless poor emaciated siblings: Kalki and Karthi. Kalki is a seven-year old dark skinned girl. Well, in South India dark people is a common sight, she captures attention wherever she goes. She is an extreme case of being dark. People make fun of her, sneer at her…and much more. She is dejected by this curse. Karthi, her brother, believes he is responsible for her condition. But their world is different, their mother lives with stigma. In fact, they are so grappled by the strata of the society that is based on caste and its allied diversions that people throw any story to label th...
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