आज़ादी की क़ीमत
आज़ादी की क़ीमत ख़ून नहीं है।
इतिहास के पन्ने मालिकों के नहीं,
ग़ुलामों के ख़ून से लाल हैं।
उग आयीं दो और आँखें।
हवाओं में बहेलिये की आसन्न आहट सुनते हुए कान।
हड्डियों में समाती हुई बदनतोड़ अनवरत थकन।
Finished "Interpreter of Maladies" today. Considering the fact that it has only 9 stories, it should have been a one day affair but I never managed to take out that one day. Instead I read it 1-2 stories a day after every 3-4 days. Now that I finally finished it with a marathon of 4 stories today, I think I enjoyed it much more by reading in parts, taking time to reflect on the stories as I read them.
So the next obvious thing: the best story on the collection. Well I'll rather not chose one best but I liked "Temporary Measure", "Interpreter of Maladies", "Sexy" and "Third and the Last Continent".
A very striking feature of the stories is that they are very rich in details. Unlike Arundhati Roy, whose plush language is a treat to read, or just behold for that matter, Jhumpa is all about details. Specially the details about food !! I could almost taste it in my mouth. And think about my plight when I had to go and eat mess foo...
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