The Raw Mango
(Kairee)

A ten-year-old girl is brought to her maternal aunt’s house after the loss of her parents. Uprooted from a refined, loving home and placed in an unknown world, she struggles to cope with hostilities in her new environment. Her aunt, Taanimausi, lives a barren existence with a brute for a husband and tries single-handedly to pre- serve the child’s innocence and sensitivity as they face the unpleasantness and vulgarity of the adult world.