Apr 08, 2004 04:58 PM
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(Updated Apr 08, 2004 05:01 PM)
While without reading, one may think of Midnight's children as only fantasy, it is a real life story seems to have happened in many families of erstwhile INDIA withsome superlative fantasy linked with it.
Most important part I find is every character, every single chapter is descriptive of something happening on big Canvass of political, economical and social life of India in the span of 65 years in pre and post independence era. This is written with superb intelligence and wit on part of Salman Rushdie. he is on top while writing this invaluable peace of litterature. every part of story is depicting things happening in real life.
Or we say the real life of UNDIVIDED INDIA is depicted thru a beautiful story embedded around a higher middle class muslim family. Salman has written with great power of expression and with intelligence, the mood in india, ups and downs, upsrisings, wars and peace time, independence, partition and subsequent economic and political downfall of INDIA at times.
People may feel out of line while reading abt padma in start of chapter in first reading, but in subsequent reading this turns out to be most interesting partof story expressing ideas of author by this medium.
