Pigeons at Daybreak - Caretaker Troubles

Hello awesome readers!

Today we're looking at Pigeons at Daybreak by Anita Desai. It is a slow somber story about Mr Basu who is terminally ill and taken care of by his wife, Otima Basu. We see all the little bickerings of a couple who is 55+ plus years old. Things are quite compact in this story. Both care characters care for each other though the resentment is also quite clear throughout. The story is a picture of one of their days from morning one day until dawn the next day. The story starts with Otima taking forever to situate herself to read the newspaper to her husband since that was once one pastimes. Honestly, there's nothing exciting here. I am sharing this story because I had to read it for a class many times but since I am going familiar with this sort of illness to caretaker sort of lifestyle I felt I could share this story and ask others to comment on it. (No, not me, my wife, child etc are sick...)

 

Read this story here: https://idoc.pub/documents/anita-desai-pigeons-at-daybreak-gen5m72pjk4o or https://www.amazon.com/Games-Twilight-Other-Stories-Penguin/dp/0140053484?tag=ustxtaddt-20 

Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeZANtyhRNg 

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