Ghachar Ghochar

""WHEN AN IMPOVERISHED BUT CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY UNDERGOES AN ALMOST MIRACULOUS CHANGE IN FORTUNE, OLD AND TRUSTED CERTAINTIES ARE UNDERMINED: ALLEGIANCES AND DESIRES REALIGN, A MARRIAGE COLLAPSES, AND TENSIONS BUILD UNSTOPPABLY TOWARDS A DEVASTATING CONFLICT. IN THIS TRANSFORMATIVE NOVEL BY THE ACCLAIMED KANNADA WRITER VIVEK SHANBHAG, A FAMILY'S UNEXPECTED ASCENT FROM AN ANT-RIDDEN SHACK TO MIDDLE-CLASS LIVING SKILFULLY PEELS AWAY THE VENEER OF AN ASPIRATIONAL SOCIETY. THE FAMILY'S WORLD BECOMES "GHACHAR GHOCHAR'-A NONSENSE PHRASE THAT, TO THE RESTLESS, UNNAMED NARRATOR OF THE BOOK, COMES TO MEAN SOMETHING ENTANGLED BEYOND REPAIR. TOLD IN CLEAR COMPELLING PROSE, AND UNDERSCORED BY WARMTH AND HUMOUR, GHACHAR GHOCHAR IS A CAPTIVATING AND UNSETTLING STORY ABOUT THE SHIFTING MEANING-AND CONSEQUENCES-OF FINANCIAL GAIN IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA. IT IS A FABLE FOR MODERN LIVING THAT WILL RESONATE EVERYWHERE. "" , . , , , . , . . , , . , , , . . .