7/24/13
English-Literature
There is a massive heat
wave in the small Punjab town of Shahkot, India. People from all over the
country are making proposals to induce the monsoon. The situation gets worse
and worse and finally gets to the point where famine relief camps have to be set
up. Hope for monsoon has completely vanished. And in the midst of all the
madness and heat, the newly-wed, twenty-one year old Kulfi Chawla is pregnant,
growing incredibly large as the days go by. As the drought gets worse, she gets
bigger and hungrier, but none of the relief planes coming with supplies reach
them. Kulfi is extremely hungry and she’s literally selling everything in the
house for food. She is so obsessed with food and delicacies that she starts to
draw pictures of them on the walls, and when her drawings had taken over each
and every blank space in the house, Sampath is born. It is also the day the
monsoon rains finally shower upon Shahkot. At the same time, a Swedish relief
plane drops a crate right in front of the Chawla house with all kinds of food in it. Everyone assured Kulfi that her son was destined for greatness and
fortune and that led to naming him, Sampath, good fortune.
My Opinion:
The first chapter was packed with a lot vivid details that painted a clear picture in my mind. Although I didn't really like how the book started out, it got better towards the end of the chapter, like every other book that starts out boring but gradually becomes exciting as you read more and more.
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