what a book
I just finished it. 1538 pages. it's like a year.
I read to the exclusion of work and family. in the words of the poet Amit in the book (metafictive) when I get a good thick book I become a social moron. I don't attend weddings or funerals. my best friends become enemies.
yup. that's me. am happy to have emerged from the depths of those pages.
lata settled for the most suitable boy. not the boy she loved. truth. though much of the rest of the tale is fairy tale.
fine balance was just pathos. worst of India.
this is a glossed version I agree. but far more fun to read. and still has stuff to think about. very affected by reading about the chammars and how they get cheated of land.
made me appreciate the complexity of the zamindar system. why they are revered as gods and also hated. British India was a mess after the British left. race riots are not to be scorned or scoffed at. can understand Singapore hard stand against Malay Chinese riots in sg. people are just animals. need to be governed well.
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