House of Blue Mangoes Author:David Davidar Spring 1899. As the ordinary violence of dawn sweeps across teh lower Coromandel coast, a sprawling village comes into view. The turbulent sky excepted, evertyhing about it is tranquil. Away to the west, a great headland, thickly maned with coconut palms, juts into the sea, partially encliosing a deserted beach on which long slow swells, clear a... more »nd smooth as glass, break with scarcely a sound. Beyond the beach, the wters of an estuary reflect the rage of cour overhead. This is where the Chevathar, the country's southernmost river and source of the villages name, prepares for its final run to the sea.« less