Friday, August 24, 2012

A Snippet

A snippet from 'The Tiger's Wife' by Tea Obreht, a gripping tale set in the backdrop of the war in the Balkans. This snippet struck me as apt for the times, when India hasn't entirely come to terms with the fissures caused by Partition and newer ones are opening. Snippet reproduced below :

When your fight has purpose - to free you from something, to interfere on the behalf of an innocent - it has a hope of finality. When the fight is about unraveling - when it is about your name, the places to which your blood is anchored, the attachment of your name to some landmark or event - then there is nothing but hate, and the long, slow progression of people who feed on it and are fed it, meticulously, by the ones who come before them. Then the fight is endless, and comes in waves and waves, but always retains its capacity to surprise those who hope against it.

For a concise review of 'The Tiger's Wife', check this link.

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Zen

1 comment:

Anita said...

oh nice! I don't recollect this bit.