Review: Humorous view into Indian culture
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2012
As I read this story, I often found myself chuckling. The author has a real gift for writing with a dry sense of humour and, at the same time, showing us what it is like to live in a lower middle class Indian family - including how they perform ablutions, wash clothes, etc. - and how it feels to walk around the streets of an Indian city. I think it is her humorous writing that helps us get involved. I certainly thought the family was full of sympathetic characters, except maybe Papa, but then he added another layer of interest.Romance, although forming a thread running through the book (e.g. Nisha's love of romance novels), was not overt but rather was subtle - a part of the storyline but not the reason for it.I would definitely read another book by Vidya Samson.