Rajat Arya

Listened to the audio book in August 2008.  On the way to Rhode Island to attend Adam’s wedding.

This collection of short stories from Lahiri was not at the same quality as “The Namesake”.  Each short story does a great job of developing the characters involved but does not do an equally good job of actually concluding the story.  Many of the stories feel incomplete considering the depth of each character.  Part of this might be my fault since most of the short stories I have read are sci-fi so that is where my expectations are being set from.

If you want to read about Indian/American characters adjusting to various parts of living in the US then this audio book is worth listening to.

Read more and buy it from here.

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Read from July 2008 – August 2008.

I followed up “A Fine Balance” with another Mistry novel.  This one does not span several years and keeps the story simply confined to one family.  But Mistry ,covers a lot of ground in describing the struggles within one family.  As their father is withering away the children fight amongst themselves and bring up old memories and old grievances.  The story here also explains the struggles of middle-class Indians trying to do the right thing in Bombay.

This story is worth reading though not as good as “A Fine Balance”.

Read more about it and buy it here.