Word: sonly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...World, the newly divorced Jayojit takes his son Bonny on a summer vacation at his parents' house in India. Jayojit intends to spend his vacation bonding with his family and working on his book, but he gets lost in the easy routine of being at home. For two months, Jayojit naps on his parents' couch, eats his mother's traditional cooking and ambles through the streets of Calcutta...
Marriage is the recurring theme of the novel, weaving together Jayojit's thoughts about India and his interactions with his parents and son. Jayojit's marriage to Bonny's mother was arranged by their parents, but their subsequent divorce is an anomaly in their parents' society. Chaudhuri juxtaposes flashbacks of Jayojit's marriage to the interaction of Jayojit's parents. Neither couple seems to be in love; but Jayojit's parents, with their traditional mindset, would never think of changing their relationship...
...imbues to his children at the expense of pursuing their education and that leads him down the path to self-destruction. The fundamental truth Miller reveals is that the flipside of always trying to be well-liked is that you can never truly understand yourself. It is his son, Biff, who--frustrated by his father's failures--proclaims, "He had the wrong dream. He never knew who he was." It is the futility of Willy's fight that is tragic, because the audience realizes that they too want to be liked, that they constantly need attention and the approval...
...mother, Barbara Bush, said in an interview with The Associated Press, "He is the son who pulls no punches and tells it like he thinks...
...Fellowship began as a memorial to Michael C. Rockefeller, son of Nelson Rockefeller, who died while travelling to Papa New Guinea after graduation. It is given yearly to seniors with uncertain plans for the future...