The Blue Bedspread by Jha Raj Kamal

Author:Jha, Raj Kamal [Jha, Raj Kamal]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers UK
Published: 2009-09-29T18:30:00+00:00

His father sits on the sofa, his legs up, reading The Statesman, the only newspaper that’s printing in the Pujas. They have a picture of the Goddess on the front page, a Goddess with dark lipstick, high cheekbones and a blouse that glitters.

Through the window she can see the house across the slums, the Saha household, the father works with Indian Airlines, he gets packets of fresheners for his children, sometimes even unopened breakfast and lunch boxes, complete with the little plastic packet which has the silverware, knives and forks, one big spoon for the rice, one tiny spoon for the dessert. And one toothpick per lunch.

Saha has two children, a brother and a sister, and today she can see them in their balcony, the sister in a new Puja yellow and red dress, resting her face against the grille. She had done the same thing once and Father had said, ‘Don’t sit like this, the iron will leave marks on your face, spoil your skin.’

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