In this excellent
novelseems to turn her rapier-like wit and intellect on many aspects of modern Indian life, as
well as traditional Indian life. You might like to consider how she variously satirises the
caste system, the British Raj and British involvement in India, Communism, globalisation and
development. These are just some of the targets that she demolishes.
One of
the more amusing examples for me is seen in Chapter One when Rahel returns to her old family
home and sees the transformation that buying a satellite dish has wrought in Baby Kochamma and
how old serials and...
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