The Backmind Factions [Paperback] VENKATESH KODANDARAMA

This book is an anthology of stories set in the background of the 70s and 80s in which the author himself grew up. The Mendicant story deals with the vulgar display of riches by the rich and the humble helplessness of the poor in their living. The story justifiably culminated in both of their lives ending in the same plane as one. The story loves Diary 7 is purely an emotional outburst of a traditional teenager in his love affair. The storys evocative feelings well relate to every teenager of either sex of all the generations. The Fools money is all about the perils of trying to make easy money through gambling and how the protagonist was trapped in that vicious cycle. The Astrologer is about a boastful soothsayer who was cocksure about all his predictions but came a cropper about his own life in an anticlimax. The untouchable Chariot is about the fraternity that develops between two boys of different social backgrounds which ultimately roots out the scourge of untouchability in their village.