Dan 3/22

Like most of the work that we have read this semester The Blessed House has very heavy religious undertone. But the ones seen in this short story are more haunting than those seen in Midnight’s Children. The story itself seems more western focusing on a Hindu couple in Connecticut, whose marital issues seem to be an issue within the marriage. As the first story that we have read that takes place in America it is appropriate that this story acts upon these issues of religion and marriage in a more western way. It is almost like a clash of cultures. Sanjeev and Twinkles relationship seems to be different from most that we have read of in the past stories. They have known each other for only for months and are already married, and unhappy. Sanjeev strives for happiness. And Sanjeev has a huge obsession with the Catholic religion, making these characters feel even more out of place.