Book of the Day
Arti his wife lives in her world that is her son Praveen, daughter Seema and Naresh of course. She deplores Naresh attitude towards hiding away the acquired wealth through corrupt means. She holds dear to her the first Kadai her husband buys her; an Indian sentiment that is hard to beat.
As all stories and families have a black sheep, here we have Praveen who turns out being a high society pimp who ends up remaining under cover for quite sometime. The irony is the impact that his absence creates and the murder he is connected to do not affect the family very much.
Naresh is suspended from work and waits for the enquiry and his period of staying home reveals that he indeed is no longer useful when he is not the HouseHolder.
Seema is a troubled daughter who is worried by her problem of infertility and her husband is an average Son-in-law who drives his wife away to her parents and visits her to facilitate conception. This is driven by his need to satisfy his mum and wife too as afterall Seema is the one with the medical issues and not him.
Pinky Kaur a widow who lives with her mum and son is chased fervently by her Brother-in-law who is much younger than her and she handles matters in a way that made me feel, "Dogs chase buses with no real intention of boarding them, stop over and they would walk away in the opposite direction". Obsession is not exactly love she reveals.
Naresh's soft corner and feelings for Pinky are those of a male who likes to feel flattered and cared for and be waited upon by mother first, sisters to follow, wife forever and the other woman if situation allows.
The enquiry and its delay leads our Naresh to a far off place and realises that he is not missed much at home and life goes on. On his return things seem to have settled with Praveen back, Seema in the family way and Naresh back at work.
A true tale of bureaucracy and corruption that outweighs other virtues in the corporate world.
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