I hate them. She is an extremely reserved person, and I freak out in parties. With such disparities, it is but obvious that we would end up fighting, which we do. In fact, an urban metropolitan reader may easily be able to relate to the dynamics governing the rising complexities in relationships.
For instance, 'time pass' dating with women who could be friends and not just wives is portrayed with verisimilitude. Misunderstandings which arise when one gets close to a 'professional friend' leading a happy family to become an unhappy one, is something many families may be growing through. The demarcation between a 'friendship' and a 'relationship' are increasingly getting blurred in real life exactly as described in the book.
The author uses some innovative phrases in his debut novel. Thane is described as 'Mumbai's backyard'. One of the characters realize that his wife is no more a 'virgin out of marriage'. A 'bachelor's den' seems to aptly describe a venue where guys get together to have a blast- 'watch a movie together, often an ex-rated one, and follow it up with drinks and dinner. So it's of little surprise that this newly launched novel is already in the process of being filmed.
After all, 'that thing called love' is something which all of us have experienced in some form in our lives and can easily relate to. Channels In Focus. Book Reviews Share This Page That Thing Called Love by Tuhin Sinha Set in the backdrop of the Mumbai monsoons, That Thing Called Love is an offbeat romantic novel revolving around the dark side of love- unrequited love, brazen betrayal, covert prostitution and the concept that homosexuality is becoming a fad.
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Creative Writings. Book Reviews. That Thing Called Love was published in and it tells the story of the youth of ultra modern 21st century, where their quest for liberty is a bit more than the last century. In the quest, they cross their limit and throw themselves in a state that provides them frustration, depression and finally destruction. The episode of Mayank Sahay and Revati is quite apt. Mayank, who is a sales man and bachelor, is always in search of a perfect woman with whom he has to get married.
The irony eventually arises when he identifies the image of his perfect woman in an older happily married woman, Revati, the manager of a company named Shagun : "Hey, I think I've found that perfect woman that I'd been imagining," exclaimed Mayank in sheer joy.
Vishal and Anil looked in surprise. And who is she? They knew hard beer did not suit him. Tuhin, : 40 The dreamer in Mayank sets aside the ground realities to flow with natural impulses, leading to a dangerously complicated relationship between the woman and him. Mayank and Revati violate all the pretensions of cultural ideal.
Revati decides to live alone without her husband and Mayank denies to get married with the girl who has been chosen by his parents. They make physical relations and become the victims of Revati's husband Pranav : " He was shocked to see it in the state it was in, the bed sheet looked violently disturbed Pranav walked out of the room, his steps heavy and defeated.
Tuhin, : Before ten days of wedding date, Mayank makes a call to his parents that he has decided not to get married with Rewa, the chosen girl by them: " Mom, what I said is final, I am not marrying Rewa. His parents had an inkling that this could happen. They were numbed by this impact Tuhin, : Finally, Mayank proposes Revati for marriage and she denies it : " I want to marry you tomorrow Not till I am alive.
Who afsana jise anjam tak lana na ho mumkin, Use ek khoobsurat mod deke chhodera achehha. Tuhin, : In the next episode of Anil, Akash and Rupali, Tuhin presents a different aspect of emotional violation that is again a very prominent stand for Burns Panzaic theory of novel. By portraying the character of Akash as a gay, and Anil as his soft target, Tuhin touches the most discussed issue of 21st century India. In the absence of Anil's wife Rupali, both make their relation.
Akash deals his business very professionally when he throws his trap on Anil in a much - planned way : "Okey, be honest with me, haven't you ever tempted to seek love in anothe female No, Never! You are a strong person. But what if in this situation, a gay made a past at you? With the third episode of Vishal, a CA and the receptionist Tina who is actually a call girl, Tuhin Throws light on another black aspect of human life.
By giving an emotional support to Vishal, Tina makes the relation with him. Vishal, who is an open-minded guy takes it easy. Finally, a day comes when she informs him that she is pregnant and blames her lover Girish that this child is his.
Tina's story surely had the elements of one. Tuhin's all these characters are portrayed to fulfill a certain purpose. However, as a whole Tuhin delivers a massage that the youth of this time, working in urban setup, are carrying duality and hypocrisy in their characters; As for as naming of the Panzaic Principle is concerned, Buns explains : "I am trying to identify a type of character common to innumerable novels, a type I have labeled the Panzaic because in my opinion, Sancho Pana is the first and perhaps the most successful embodiment of the type Indeed the type could just as well be identified through one or another of its 20th century exemplifications, e.
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