A family and their significant others gather one summer weekend in a California home to mark the golden jubilee wedding anniversary of a Bengali-American couple, Dev and Ruma. Intended to be a celebration through conversation and music, it becomes as much a time of bonds lost and recovered, of confessions and self-discovery, of acceptances and rejections, and of new decisions.
• The narrative is unveiled in a succession of first person tales told separately by Deb, Ruma, their daughters Anji and Diya, and their visitor from India, Deb’s much loved widowed sister Nanda.
• The story talks about how Indians in America, become completely Americanised as they tend to forget their Indian roots, especially the new generation.
• Other themes include family politics, love and arranged marriages, loneliness, death.
• A major issue raised in the novel is the impact of homosexuality, especially how it is viewed by different people.
About The Author:
Subrata Dasgupta, a multidisciplinary scholar, professor and writer holds the Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair in the University of Louisiana. Born in Calcutta, he was educated in England, India and Canada. He is the author of 12 previous books including a childhood memoir, Salaam Stanley Matthews. His most recent work is Awakening: The Story of the Bengal Renaissance. He lives in Lafayette, Louisiana.
