Ammini Against the Storm

Ammini Against the Storm is a reflection of the world we live in, a world where the urban rich are immune to the raging storms that destroy the lives of the poor. 

Ammini’s parents work hard to send her to a private school so that she can rise above her circumstances and be something other than a farmer. Even as we learn about Ammini’s family and their ambitions, we hear the wryness of the narrative voice. This is a system where the farmers, without whom we cannot survive, are on the bottom rung of the ladder, and the only way for them to survive is to climb. 

Through Ammini, we experience both anger and vulnerability. When everyone grows paddy, Ammini’s father gets a fraction of the expected price for his crop. Why shouldn’t he move to cash crops like everyone else? Why should he and the other farmers, rather than the rich elite, be responsible for maintaining the ecological balance?

Ammini Against the Storm is a story about hard work and injustice. In her new private school, Ammini stands between two worlds. She is in an uncomfortable space because she doesn’t belong, but it is what her parents strive for. Through the gritty protagonist, we venture into a sensitively told story that weaves together emotion and action to point us towards the most important thing of all—accountability.