Mr. Pirzada is instrumental in the sudden push of the girl into the confusing world of politics. It all begins when she asks for an extra glass(while arranging the dining table) for the "Indian man". That is when her dad begins explaining her the complicated situation of Indian, Pakistan and Bangladesh. And her father's remark that he is not an Indian really confuses her. Cause well, they looked the same, spoke the same language and laughed at the same jokes. Lahiri highlights the shallowness of the partition in this particular paragraph.
None of the characters in the story are physically described, except Mr. Pirzada, whose appearance has been given a lot of space. I really cannot comment on character development here, because the niches of his character are ambiguous, but i guess that is what happens in a short story, not much room for development of characters, or maybe there is but Lahiri chooses otherwise.
The twelve days of war between Pakistan and India, bring Mr. Pirzada more close to the family, so much so that he starts to sleep in their house. The melancholy mood of the war seeps into everyday conversations and into the food too( only boiled eggs with rice), and this is where i start thinking again, what is with it with food that Lahiri is so obsessed with it, it forms an integral part of all her nine short stories.
Food aside, the war gets over and Mr.Pirzada leaves for Dacca to re-unite with his family. All in all, the second short story has a happy ending.
None of the characters in the story are physically described, except Mr. Pirzada, whose appearance has been given a lot of space. I really cannot comment on character development here, because the niches of his character are ambiguous, but i guess that is what happens in a short story, not much room for development of characters, or maybe there is but Lahiri chooses otherwise.
The twelve days of war between Pakistan and India, bring Mr. Pirzada more close to the family, so much so that he starts to sleep in their house. The melancholy mood of the war seeps into everyday conversations and into the food too( only boiled eggs with rice), and this is where i start thinking again, what is with it with food that Lahiri is so obsessed with it, it forms an integral part of all her nine short stories.
Food aside, the war gets over and Mr.Pirzada leaves for Dacca to re-unite with his family. All in all, the second short story has a happy ending.
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