Jamba The Joint Family by Sriram Balasubramanian
Source|For review
Pages:300
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In an age when families are becoming more nuclear, Karthik's family was an aberration: It was a large joint family with its own complications, contradictions and commonalities. Two love stories and a wedding get intertwined within the family at the same time. One of them could make or break the joint family, will the family survive? Will the love story succeed? Will the younger generation respond to the needs of the family? How will the older generation respond to the changing perceptions of the younger generation? Will the family eco-system survive?
In an India swamped by globalization, this racy and humorous story tries to dissect the generational changes in Indian society and how the Indian society is responding to the changes.
My review:
This book was a light and easy read but there were many words that I did not understand. Another language was spoken and it was not always translated. I believe the conflicts were easily resolved and there wasn't much of a climax. The narrator had an easy way of talking which I liked. I was put off at some points but continued on.I found it was worth it. A thing to note is that there were a lot of errors within the book. What I mean by this is that there were random lettering in it. This sometimes made it difficult to read and understand. Although I would not choose this book normally, overall I liked this book and give it a 3 out of 5 stars.
About the Author:
Sriram
Balasubramanian is a Writer who has contributed extensively to international
publications such as NYT, WSJ, Foreign Policy, Forbes India, and The Hindu
among others. He has interacted with a variety of global business leaders and
policy makers in his experience as a journalist and writer. His main area of
focus has been on human development, education and socio-economic issues with a
global context.
Besides
this, he has a Master’s Degree from University of Southern California and is
pursuing another degree at Columbia University in NYC. He is also authoring
another book on the World Chess championship which was held recently.
He
is very passionate about India, its cultural ethos & socio-economic
evolution. He can be reached at @Sriram316 or http://www.facebook.com/jambathenovel20 or http://www.srirambala.in
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