On in-laws

Tulsis were a hilarious lot as in-laws of Mr. Biswas. It looks as if his life was spent defying the domineering Tulsis. The family being almost Matriarchal, every son-in-law joined it, to render his services to further the name of Tulsis. Being a rebel, Mr. Biswas suffered Tulsis but walked out often, unlike other sons-in-law.
In ‘The mystique messieurs’, Pandit Ganesh nearly bargains every penny out of his would be father-in-law as dowry, and does not dedicate his only book to him, many years later. The book answers the Hindu religious questions in a matter of fact way, and helps in establishing Pandit Ganesh’s political career. But he was to migrate to London.
Naipaul does well to deal with the Hindu in-laws he knew. But he spared his own English or Pakistani ones.
The in-laws have made a fortune while escaping malaria or diarrhea. I mean the beginning was as humble for them. But the father-in-law dies in a car crash. It was a trendy Japanese SUV he was driving on the highway. Dilip says his father-in-law must have looked upon his death with satisfaction, from the heavens, for his humble beginning. The bonus was a few column centimeters of news in the national daily, his car accident also secured, with the brand of the car also mentioned.
In ‘The royal enigma’ it was a disappointment, that his father-in-law could not begin a political career, for Dilip, as he might have liked to die in a crash of a private jet….

Miserable writers

Many of them try to pass their misery to their readers.
If it is too much about race, class, family or religion, one should drop it.
Writing is trying to entertain, not anything less.

Another very good book from Krishna Bhatt

Amazon.com

This is a book of short individual pieces that you can read out of sequence in your own time.
The opening chapter of `The Underclass Lover’ like most of the other pieces paints a beautifully dense picture of a time and a place that will particularly fascinate readers in the U.K and the USA. Because the chosen language of expression is English.
Within the pictures are scattered ideas and observations which are original and thought provoking.
This book connects you to a different vivid world and makes it accessible to your senses and causes you to think too. Strongly recommended.
Douglas Mcleod.
Amazon.co.uk
Brecon, England.

http://www.amazon.com/Underclass-Lover-Krishna-Bhatt/dp/1595943641/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_4