A Suitable Boy

Seth, Vikram

Introduced by two quotations from Voltaire, 'The superfluous, that very necessary thing ...' and 'The secret of a being a bore is to say everything', before Mrs. Mehra tells Lata, her daughter, 'You too will marry a boy I chose.'

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The Golden Gate

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Collected Poems