"We're not Christian," Sanjeev said. Lately he begun noticing the need to state the obvious to Twinkle. The day before he had to tell her that if she dragged her end of the bureau instead of lifting it, the parquet floor would scratch" (Lahiri, 392).
To this Twinkle replies: "No we're not Christian. We're good little Hindus" (Lahiri, 392).
The overall tone of the dynamic between Sanjeev and Twinkle reminded me of what we read in Midnights Children. Their seems to be a sense of condescension on behalf of the husband towards his childish, slightly coquettish wife. Yet, as was the case in Midnights Children in all of the narratives featuring dialogue between man and wife, the wife seems to be more self-aware than she initially lets on. I also find it interesting that Lahiri goes on to depict Sanjeev has being vain and narcissistic as was the case with Saleem and Aadam in Rushdie's work.
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