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Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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Parineeta.. the book is so diffrent form the mega movie.. actually tahts true for Devdas too. The way bollywood has presenteed Devdas & Parineeta is like 'Mughleazam' whereas the characters and events are those amongst the common people.

Lolita is actually a 13 year old girl & shekhar & Girin are 24 year old men. Lolita calls Shekhar Da but she has been always loved & protected by him that eventually they both fall in love. Shekhar though is a sort of a male egoist & a coward who does not have th guts to stand against his father unlike in the movie. Girin is a genuinely nice & helpful fellow who actually goes out of the way to support & handle Loloita's family despite knowing she is married to someone else. An unbelievable but still likeable character. and Lolita is an intelligent, homely but with a head of her own. She stands against all and waits for Shekhar to accept her.

One thing is to notice in Sarat Chandra's love storie sthat women are virtous & loving unconditionally waiting for their lovers to accept them. They are mothers as well as wives as well as romantic lovers for their men. whereas men they fall in love with are loosers, egoists, backless, and cowardly fellows who do love but fail to stand for it. They can insult or hurt the women as men, but would never be able to confess it to the world or their parents. like Shekhar in Parineeta could only accept Lolita after his father died and he feared noone. How convenient? The worst is that women lovingly accept such guys.. probably loving a looser itself is their destiny..
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Reading Progress

September 13, 2009 – Shelved
September 13, 2009 –
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September 14, 2009 – Finished Reading
October 5, 2009 – Shelved as: saw-movie-version-too
November 19, 2009 – Shelved as: read-2009
September 2, 2010 – Shelved as: translations
March 30, 2012 – Shelved as: kwench
October 8, 2014 – Shelved as: bengali

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message 1: by Shayantani (new)

Shayantani Very true. His books are kind of depressing that way.


Neha Gupta hmmm yes a serious type of author but I liked him.. he had a very deep way of showing emotions both men and women


message 3: by Suraiya (new)

Suraiya I find it hard to read between lines in novels. can you help?


message 4: by Tani (new) - added it

Tani Chakrabarty Frm whre u read it..... i want to read it from online.... bt i cant... can u sent me the link :-)


message 5: by Rajan (new)

Rajan They r bengali boys and girls. Says a lot. Look at bengali copules and you will get the answer


Neha Gupta Interpreting responses... reading between the lines and the stereotyping Bengali people... it proves how many emotions and thoughts can a book generate inside you


Pouruchisti Meherhomji The older film where Meena Kumari plays Lalita is a much more authentic version of the book. But even there Shekhar is not shown to be the cowardly fellow he is in the book.


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