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Clear Light Of Day Analysis

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“Clear light of day “is a novel that pictures out old Delhi during the partition of India. The author magnifies life of Das family who lived in old Delhi. The story revolves around five main characters Bimla (Bim) the eldest daughter of Das family, Raja, Tara, Baba the youngest of all who is mentally paralysed and Mira Masi (Aunt Mira) the care taker of all four children after Mr and Mrs Das passed away. Here the dissolution of all five characters is very interesting and it flows with the partition of India. The author describes the house as “grey” which is decaying and old like the members of the house who want to escape from new change in the society. On the other side the novel also deals with the political scenario in India before, during, and once Independence in 1947, and the way the partition successively affected each India as a rustic, and people on a private level. Through the characters within the novel have a tendency to area unit …show more content…

Anita Desai the author of the book “clear day of light” considers her work as autobiographical as it is set during her coming of age and also in the same neighbourhood in which she grew up. She emphasis more upon women’s sensitivity and caring nature about her family no matter how far or distant relationship she has. After all a women is the real home maker. She describes the beauty of the city of old Delhi during the post partition of India. Due to sudden things happening around the family members like death of Mira Masi’s husband and also of her sister and her sister’s husband, Raja and Tara both leave the house and Bimla and Baba living together somehow in the dreadful place. All these situations are described as an escape from the haunted place and unpleasant vibrations from the house. Everyone in the family wants to move on in their life and change and also accept the new changing situations during that time accept Bimla and Baba. The story revolves around the importance ofpower of love for siblings and

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