A review of usual custom of our country in the novel of Vikram Seth “ A Suitable Boy”
Keywords:
novel,, political, marriageAbstract
A Suitable Boy exists in the form of book which has been written by Vikram Seth and published in the year of nineteen ninty three . It includes subject matter like perfect match for an unmarried female child, discrimination on the basis of religion ,devotion, affection and wedding .This book is based on the story of 4 families who lived in our country post indepandence that means after the partion of our country. This book emphasizes on the benifits of Indian culture of racial castes and organized wedding. This book represented an outstanding contract of effort in the form of words on the behalf of those families which put a lot of effort in order to find a perfect match for the marriage of their bachelor female girls. The daughters of our country carry the facilities like shopping in the company of their friends, participation in academic programme etc. But a matter, which becomes a reason of confliction in the middle of these female child and their parents is organized wedding. Lots of diplomatic conspiracies are included in this book whose acceptance becomes a complicated task.
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