This becomes the main hind race between Lata, a Hindu, and Kabir, a Muslim. The idea comes from the Indian tradition of arranging marriages for eligible young girls with several points that comprise the ideal math.įirst, the boy must be of the same religion as the girl. Themes of A Suitable BoyĪ Suitable Boy’s themes include the politics of personal prejudice and forgiveness, conflict amidst social groups and families, changing racial norms, unexpected violence, and inter-generational connectedness. His children’s book, Beastly Tales from Here and There consists of 10 stories about animals. In addition to The Golden gate, Seth has written other works of poetry including – Mapping, The Humble Administrator’s Garder, All You Who Sleep, Tonight, and Three Chinese Poets. He has won several awards such as – Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman’ and Crossword Book Award among his world-famous novel included – A Suitable Boy, An Equal Music, and Two lives. He was written several novels and poetry books. Vikram Seth is among the most celebrated Indian novelists and poets. The central character of the novel, Lata Mehra question how a woman could marry and live with a man she could not love because she knew nothing about him. A great effort is put forth on the part of a family to find a Suitable Boy for their unmarried daughters. The novel is, in fact, the idea of arranged marriage that is implied in the title. A suitable Boy, is often compared to George Eliot’s Middlemarch. Due to its length, social scrutiny, and realistic style. The novel took more than a decade to complete. Critics praised ‘A suitable Boy’ for its panoramic look into India’s culture norms, as well as its combination of satire and romance. It is a story of four families in India in the early 1950s after British occupation has ended and India and Pakistan partition has taken place. So far as ‘ A Suitable Boy’ is concerned, it is written by a great Indian Novelist and poet Vikram Seth.

A Suitable Boy By Vikram Seth IntroductionĪ Suitable Boy is one of the famous Novels of English Literature.

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth