Ghachar Ghochar

 Started reading the book 'Ghachar Ghochar' yesterday. One word: beautiful. It was a very short read but it was beautiful. I totally love the Indian essence the author has captured in this story. It is actually not an easy feat to portray that Indian-ness in English language, oh, it's a translated work..so kudos to the translator.

The theme(s) of the novel is apparent, it's about the "rags to riches" story and the moral degradation that comes with it. The story also highlights concern over women but that's secondary....anyway I think everybody should read it and find out the meaning of 'ghachar ghochar' themselves.

I was confused about the ending a lil bit but I think it can be interpreted by various readers in different ways. The 'blood in your hands' obviously indicates murder but it's not like commits murder rather by being silent in many matters..he must have crushed the Tuuvi lady and his own wife. If he had raised his voice against the misconduct by the ladies of his own house against Tuuvi, then she and his uncle might have been together. I highly suspect she has been murdered..it's not explicitly mentioned in the book but after the whole tea-and-murder conversation...it certainly points towards...and murder does not 'legit murder' like she must have been crushed in other ways as she never showed up in the house. The second interpretation might be that the family murdered Anita because the whole conversation was about killing the wife by the husband and he was also very worried about not getting a call from Anita when he was supposed to...


Anyway, I wish more of his works were translated...why am I discovering such a great storyteller so late in my life!!! Whhyyyyy...😭😭😭  

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