Why did I choose this book?
I chose the book “Gently Falls the Bakula” by Sudha Murthy because of various reasons. Firstly, it is beautiful love story. Then the summary of the book gave a fair idea about the problems faced by the protagonist of the story, Shrimati which I think every Indian woman will feel connected to in one or the other way.
Not every story has a happy ending, not every story is like our fairy tales, there are stories in real life which has a sad ending when the love dies and feeling of sacrifices and ego develops between two partners.
Summary of the book- Gently Falls The Bakula
It’s one of the best novel on relationship. It is a beautiful story of two different individuals- Shrikant and Shrimati Deshpande, living in small town of North Karnataka, Hubli, where both approach life very differently from each other. They were neighbours and star students of their schools who fell in love with each other and got married. It is a story showing how their marriage looses its way as
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The summary on the book gave me the fair idea of what the story is but only by reading it I understood the emotions filled in the story. I somehow realized the importance of relationship after reading this book and realized that it’s never the fault of situation that we are not able to find out time for our loved ones, instead it’s all about one’s priorities. It depends on the person to choose between his career or family or rather maintain a balance between both. I loved the ending but I think it could have been concluded in a better way. Being a typical girl I would rather like a fantasized happy ending where Shrikant would have changed and declined the New York stock exchange listing offer and instead go out and search for her lost love Shrimati and bring her back after making her realize how much he loves her and then live happily ever after with
The whole book starts from the river and Ganges and ends at the same site. Isobe lost his wife because of cancer; when she was very ill in hospital she had already lost hope to live longer. Isobe was not a loyal and a humble husband who took his wife for granted. Isobe’s wife was a very dedicated wife who loved Isobe very much and treated him well even though she didn’t
I loved this book, its different religious views and different perspectives, the little love story and the search for oneself. It was a book that I couldn’t let go of. A book that can make you cry and is very emotional.
Have you ever experienced a day where nothing goes right? The story “A&P” written by John Updike is one of a teenage boy named Sammy who quits his job in hope of impressing some girls --- only to find they neither cared nor listened. “Miss Brill” written by Katherine Mansfield is a story about an elderly woman named Miss Brill who goes to the park to observe people; her evening is ruined when some kids make fun of the way she 's dressed. Miss Brill and Sammy started their day motivated, as the stories went on their moods shifted because their actions were affected by other people 's opinions. But sad endings don 't always have to be sad, there 's a lot a reader can learn from them. Sad endings are more memorable than other endings because there is a feeling of uneasiness left for the reader. It is also more realistic that people don’t have a perfect day or the hero gets what they wanted. Updike and Mansfield use sad endings to further the theme of disappointment.
The main character is liked, but not by all the characters. She realizes her flaws when she has this reality check with Mr.Kapsi because she thought an affair would lead to ending her misery with her unhappy
Against the backdrop of a brand-new liberalized world, Kapur sketches out Shagun’s boredom, Raman’s hurt and the confusion of their children, Roohi and Arjun, who are batted back and forth between parents and across chapters. The two new partners in the equation, boss man Ashok and divorcee Ishita, struggle to woo their step kids while supporting
When I first picked up this book, I was like, “This is going to be so boring.” Then halfway through the second chapter, I started to get interested. By no time, I finished the book and realized I enjoyed it. I was able to learn about people’s ideas and how hard they worked to get their business to be successful. It was really interesting to learn about these people’s lives and how they changed over time. Also, how their business changed over time as well. Most of these people went through several different business, before they became successful.
Love, however, is not the only factor that creates and maintains a relationship. Love has the power to bring people together, but can also break them apart. In addition, it can lead to irrational decisions with terrible consequences. In this short story Margaret Atwood shows the powerful effect that love has on people’s lives. At first glance, the short stories in "Happy Endings" have a common connection: all the characters die.
and heroines end up at the end of the story in a perfect marriage. By
It is fascinating how the most famous plays in history have the most tragic endings. They are not what we would imagine a normal fairy tale ending to be like. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as star-crossed lovers. In the opening scene, the chorus states that Romeo and Juliet are two young lovers from opposing families who were destined to fall in love and eventually die together. Juliet’s parents have the perfect life planned for Juliet. She has the perfect fiancé, she was going to have a great family, and live happily until the day she died. But then it was love at first sight for Romeo and Juliet. They both know it was the wrong thing to do, but they went with it. Despite their best intentions to be together and to change their fate, the play proves that there destiny’s are predetermined.
This story is a great representation of how relationships have changed over the years. Weather its the female dominance or the relationships are given up. Shoba and Shukumar are great examples of this phenomenon. This couple can be related to a typical American relationship. Jhumpa Lahiri does a good job of detailing this failure of a relationship and explains how this couple breaks apart.
I chose “How to Win Friends and Influence People” – By Dale Carnegie. I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. I liked how Dale Carnegie talked about how to talk to other people in society but, he used his personal stories. Also, I liked how he separated the book into principles and not chapters it felt like it went faster. The principles are very helpful and very logical, this book made me look at society different and it made me realize how important little things are. In principle number 2 (Fulfill Others’ Desires to Feel Important) Dale Carnegie talks about how important it is to tell people that they are wanted, even spouses and children. How it is another necessity to life and how humans need it to function. I also liked how he talks about the value of a smile and how it can impact people in greater ways than you could ever imagine. Dale also talks about how when talking to people I you show more interest in them then you show of yourself then they will like you more. I like this because I would never have thought that, I like how he sees things from other perspectives and pulls them all together to make one large thought. I also liked how he put his own thoughts into it with personal comments they make you feel like you are actually talking to him and not just sitting there reading. I overall just really liked the book and thought it to be very helpful for my future and just talking to people on a regular basis.
eventually I felt that marriage was the central keyword in the book. I will concentrate on the situation
...s is right; every story has a silver lining. But it is once we open ourselves to life and its endless possibilities that we may find it.
All readers will read and interpret this story in their own way based on their life and their knowledge of marriage. One thing that is indisputable is the emotions which carry through all people and the empowerment in which marriage has on these inspirations. In life love can renew one spirit as well as kill the passion of a person.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy tells the story of the communist state of Kerala and the forbidden love between two castes, which changes the lives of everyone. In the novel an ‘Untouchable’, Velutha is a carpenter and works at Paradise Pickles and Preserves for much less than he deserves because of his status as an Untouchable in the caste system. Velutha falls into a forbidden love with a divorced woman, Ammu who is associated with an upper caste Syrian Christian Ipe family. Marriage was the only way that Ammu could have escaped this life, but she lost the chance when marrying the wrong man, as he was an alcoholic and this resulted in them getting a divorce. Ammu breaks the laws that state ‘who should be loved, and how and how much’, as their affair threatens the ‘caste system’ in India, which is a hierarchal structure and social practice in India in which your position in society is determined and can’t be changed. Arhundati Roy portrays the theme of forbidden love within the caste systems and shows how they are t...