“Hugging Laxmi to his chest, Mr. Garg climbed the ladder propped against the wall
of his house. The Devi weighed more than he’d expected,” begins a short story by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics, in the Washington Post Magazine.
“The Silver Spring Laxmi” is the tale of a homeowner who erects a Devi display to rival his neighbor’s Christmas decorations in an act of cultural rebellion. “Mr. Garg intended his Laxmi to give Christmas a run for its money, to rival the multitude of displays sure to invade the neighborhood in the coming weeks,” writes Suri. The story was published in the holiday fiction issue of the magazine, which is on newstands on Sunday, November 18.
Suri’s latest novel, The City of Devi, will be released in February.
