A sattirical drama set in the late 19th century, the act definitely has a sense of humor in it throughout..but the humor in the drama lies in the casual, irresponsible dealings of the supposedly responsible matters of life.
The dual existence of human beings is the central theme of the play where the protagonists live two lives in two societies. May need a more thoughtful mind to understand the meaning of what the author intends to convey !
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Pride and Prejudice
'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, is an English Novel set in the turn of 19th century in UK.
The English soceity seems to be very different from the way it is now. Through there has been many strings of proposals, attractions and marriages in the novel, there is not a single mention of divorce- probably divorce was then not an obivious choice of an unhappy marriage.
The Bennet family consists of a frivolous and silly Mrs Bennet ,a relatively silent and usually disinterested Mr Bennet and five daughters. Jane , the eldeset who is known for her beauty in the neighbourhood, Elizabeth the clever and lively of the five, Mary - the book lover , Catherine - the ordinary and the frivolous and flirtacious Lidia.
The male protagonist is Mr Darcy - who is known for his pride and obsessive concern for social status.Mr Bingley is Darcy's close friend.
Elizabeth and Darcy meets in a ball where Jane and Bingley identifies their natural attraction to each other.Elizabeth having herad of Darcy's nature develops a prejudice towards him and develops a dislike for him.
She is later drawn to Mr Wickham who claims to have been mistreated by Darcy. Darcy and Elizabeth later meet at her Aunts place where Darcy proposes to her. Elizabeth rejects the proposal following heated arguments.
The story then follows different twists where Darcy helps settle the lives of Jane and Lidia who elopes with Wickham .Elizabeth also recognises her love for Darcy.
Elizabeth leaves her Prejudice and Darcy his Pride to recognise and love each other.
The story ends with three daughters of the Bennet family being married and settled in life.
Through the eyes of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet , the novel deals with the issues of manners, upbringing , morality, family values, love and marriage in the 19th century England.
The English soceity seems to be very different from the way it is now. Through there has been many strings of proposals, attractions and marriages in the novel, there is not a single mention of divorce- probably divorce was then not an obivious choice of an unhappy marriage.
The Bennet family consists of a frivolous and silly Mrs Bennet ,a relatively silent and usually disinterested Mr Bennet and five daughters. Jane , the eldeset who is known for her beauty in the neighbourhood, Elizabeth the clever and lively of the five, Mary - the book lover , Catherine - the ordinary and the frivolous and flirtacious Lidia.
The male protagonist is Mr Darcy - who is known for his pride and obsessive concern for social status.Mr Bingley is Darcy's close friend.
Elizabeth and Darcy meets in a ball where Jane and Bingley identifies their natural attraction to each other.Elizabeth having herad of Darcy's nature develops a prejudice towards him and develops a dislike for him.
She is later drawn to Mr Wickham who claims to have been mistreated by Darcy. Darcy and Elizabeth later meet at her Aunts place where Darcy proposes to her. Elizabeth rejects the proposal following heated arguments.
The story then follows different twists where Darcy helps settle the lives of Jane and Lidia who elopes with Wickham .Elizabeth also recognises her love for Darcy.
Elizabeth leaves her Prejudice and Darcy his Pride to recognise and love each other.
The story ends with three daughters of the Bennet family being married and settled in life.
Through the eyes of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet , the novel deals with the issues of manners, upbringing , morality, family values, love and marriage in the 19th century England.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Revolution 2020 : Chetan Bhagat
Revolution 2020: Chetan Bhagat
This is the first Chetan Bhagat book that I’ve read – and from the reviews of the book it looks to be a wrong selection to be his first read.
In my view, the book is a simple, easy, one time read.
The triangle love story, winning the girl’s heart and then letting it go – was all stereotypical and easily imagined. The description of the deeply rooted corruption in the Indian society seemed very peripheral and the solution that he suggested namely a different hue of family politics, again seemed corrupt to me. The readers are let to wonder how the revolution (if any) would be brought about.
The book fails to answer this.
This is the first Chetan Bhagat book that I’ve read – and from the reviews of the book it looks to be a wrong selection to be his first read.
In my view, the book is a simple, easy, one time read.
The triangle love story, winning the girl’s heart and then letting it go – was all stereotypical and easily imagined. The description of the deeply rooted corruption in the Indian society seemed very peripheral and the solution that he suggested namely a different hue of family politics, again seemed corrupt to me. The readers are let to wonder how the revolution (if any) would be brought about.
The book fails to answer this.
Monday, March 19, 2012
The Kite Runner : Khaled Hosseini
Heart breaking, vivid, emotionally charging, enduring, deeply moving ,devastating- Khaled Hosseini's first novel - The Kite Runner - is about betrayal and redemption from a haunting conscience.
The story revolves around the lives to two childhood friends - Amir the only son of a rich and reputed Afghan father and Hassan - Amir's servant Ali's son. Amir and Hassan shares a unique relationship .Hassan is very loyal and loving to Amir in spite of the taunts that Amir passes diligently on him. Amir longs to be loved by his Baba and feels that winning the Kite running tournament would make him his father's pride. Hassan helps Amir win the game but the cruelty that Hassan faces the same day shatters both of them. Amir is unable to face Hassan since he didnot stand up for his friend while he was abused. He tries to escape his conscience by a plot to oust Ali and Hassan from his family and succeeds in sending them to the Hazaraland - the land for the Hazaras- a low afghan caste.
Amir and his Baba flee to America following a Russian invasion. Amir falls in love with Soraya- the only daughter of an Afghan family in America and marries her. Baba dies in America and Amir and Soraya are childless after fifteen yeras of marriage.
Almost 30 years later Amir returns to Taliban occupied Afghanisthan on receiving a message from Rahim Khan - his father's close friend and comes to know that Hassan and his wife were publicly executed by Talibs charged with occupying their house, and was lived by their son Sohrab. Amir also comes to know from Rahim Khan that Hassan was his half brother .He then goes in search for Sohrab and encountering Talibs - gets Sohrab to America.
Though the encounter with the Talibs leaves him physically shattered , Amir feels relieved and redeemed from a haunting conscience.
Sohrab is emotionally shattered due to the tortures that he undergoes in life and Amir and his wife succeeds in getting the smile back to his face - though a lopsided one.
A devastating and haunting story of a life crippled by an act of childhood - the story speaks of the harrowing truth about life, evil, cowardice, selfishness and redemption.
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