Khanna as her husband reveal a great deal about the moral ideology which Vikram Seth wishes to propound.
Seth, right through the course of the novel, has always portrayed Pran and Savita as an ideal couple. Their love and affection blossom after their marriage. Their mutual understanding and trust towards each other help them in overcoming all the hurdles they face in their life. And Seth makes Lata review her actions regarding her matrimonial situation from the ideal level of Savita and Pran Kapoor’s domestic life- a gradual, stable attraction such as Savita’s for Pran was this not the best thing for her, and for the family, and for any children that she might have? (ASB 877) Even Mahesh Kapoor’s tragic education and his later realization of the worth of his wife brings out another credible facet of marital relationship-the selfless sacrifice of a woman for the sake of her family. A similar kind of emotional loss is suffered by the political hero of the …show more content…
Some women will have an instinctive gut reaction that arranged marriages are somehow old-fashioned, immoral or even an excuse for a man to be cruel to his wife. Reva insists she is not suggesting British women should take as a model any marriage which goes against the woman’s wishes. ‘I’m not advocating arranged marriage, and certainly don’t support those arrangements where women are forced into marriages by their parents,’ she says, the philosophy which underpins many Asian marriages- a shared sense of cultural heritage and a similar set of goals in life- can act as a striking counterpart to the casual sex and drunken liasions that have become, run-of –the-mill for so many young British
Seth, right through the course of the novel, has always portrayed Pran and Savita as an ideal couple. Their love and affection blossom after their marriage. Their mutual understanding and trust towards each other help them in overcoming all the hurdles they face in their life. And Seth makes Lata review her actions regarding her matrimonial situation from the ideal level of Savita and Pran Kapoor’s domestic life- a gradual, stable attraction such as Savita’s for Pran was this not the best thing for her, and for the family, and for any children that she might have? (ASB 877) Even Mahesh Kapoor’s tragic education and his later realization of the worth of his wife brings out another credible facet of marital relationship-the selfless sacrifice of a woman for the sake of her family. A similar kind of emotional loss is suffered by the political hero of the …show more content…
Some women will have an instinctive gut reaction that arranged marriages are somehow old-fashioned, immoral or even an excuse for a man to be cruel to his wife. Reva insists she is not suggesting British women should take as a model any marriage which goes against the woman’s wishes. ‘I’m not advocating arranged marriage, and certainly don’t support those arrangements where women are forced into marriages by their parents,’ she says, the philosophy which underpins many Asian marriages- a shared sense of cultural heritage and a similar set of goals in life- can act as a striking counterpart to the casual sex and drunken liasions that have become, run-of –the-mill for so many young British