Set in Bombay in the 1980s, the
story charts the relationship between two families, from different casts, linked
by their love of classical Indian music.
Mallika Sengupta is the wife of a wealthy businessman and mother to
Nirmalya. She is a talented singer, but
chose not to pursue her musical dream and to focus her energies on being a
wife of a successful businessman. She
hasn’t cut her ties with music altogether and wants her son, Nirmalya to learn
her craft. She employs Shyamji, the son
of an acclaimed classical Indian musician to teach her teenage son. Nirmalya
hates his parent’s corporate world and is searching for fulfilment, which he
finds through his love of music and his relationship with Shyamji and his
family. I enjoyed the observations of
life in Bombay and the interactions between the two families. I
enjoyed the beautiful prose, but prefer a pacier read.
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