Posted by Lale on 29/8/2009, 10:39:06, in reply to "Re: A Suitable Boy"
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: Did it disappoint you that Haresh was finally the one?
I was dissappointed. She is not in love with him, I don't think young people should marry without love and passion.
: Had you been Mrs. Rupa Mehra, would you have chosen
: Haresh for you son-in-law?
Difficult question. I can never be a Mrs. Rupa Mehra. She is the kind of woman I despise the most. I know two Mrs. Rupa Mehras in real life, and they are the most annoying people on earth and I have zero tolerance for them. Real-life Mrs. Rupa Mehras have caused a lot of damage in the lives of their family members, all the while claiming that they "want the best for them." What they don't understand is that they want the best for themselves and/or what they think is the best. They are very persistent people, they want to control the lives of other people. I cannot tolerate them and I have no sympathy for them. Lata was very very tolerant of her mother. I could not have done it. Mrs. Rupa mehra is the kind of mother that makes her children run away from home (and Lata almost did it but eventually she came to sympathize with her mother.)
I have built my entire life philosophy around not being a Mrs. Rupa Mehra to my daughter.
Haresh is a good, hard-working person. I kept feeling sorry for him throughout the book, I don't know why. Maybe I do know why. Here is the thing: I also know a real-life Haresh. He is exactly like Vikram Seth's Haresh. Good person, hard-working, ambitious, a little short and stocky, his eyes dissappear when he laughs. In real life Lata did not marry Haresh and Haresh was very very heart broken.
Lale
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