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Eklavya Gupte's note on Home Products.
Published in Time Out London, July 2007. (PDF)
In the past decade, India has produced a clutch
of distinctive new writers… These new writers are from diverse backgrounds
and their work explores all the different realms of India. Many shun the themes
of ‘oriental wisdom', social critiques and rural life, basing their narratives
in India's vibrant cities and towns. Amitava Kumar is typical: a multi-faceted
author, he has written non-fiction, fiction and poetry, and spends the rest
of his time teaching English at Vassar College in the US. His recent book,
'Home Products,' tells the tales of small town India slugging it out in the
urban landscape. Kumar is equally at home writing about a village in Bihar
or a jazz club in Brooklyn.
['Home Products' is a] complex tale of two cousins whose fate is intertwined as their lives unfold in the urban sprawl.
