In our recent reading, the question of what happens after your marriages arises? For Twinkle and Sanjeev, they did meet and marry rather quickly. They were madly in love, but now Sanjeev may regret his choice of marriage. The house serves as a parallel to their marriage. Sanjeev rushed into both situations. When buying the house, he did not notice little details of the religious artifacts. This is similar to the angry he gets from Twinkle's speech. Even though Sanjeev dislikes certain attributes of his wife, the party reminds him of his love. I developed a sense of trophy wife because everyone fall in love with Twinkle. Overall, the couple does have the power to stay together and I am on Sanjeev's side. Too many religious artifacts can be overwhelming, especially if you are not part of the faith.
We see religious statues on campus, but how many of students own religious items. Yes, we have a necklace and something similar. But the author's description of relics are not beautiful masterpiece. Instead, they are items that all around oneself.
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I feel that the religious artifacts serve as a means to showing the reader just how Twinkle and Sanjeev clash on various insues dealing with conformity and identity. Both of of Hindu affiliation, however, Twinkle is more open minded than Sanjeev is to new things. I agree with you on the idea that Twinkle is portrayed more as a trophy wife. I get the vibe from Sanjeev that nothing she can do is right ... and everything she does (or doesn't do) bothers him. He may have passed up all of the other choices because he felt that he could enforce his opinions and ideas on the way things should be done on Twinkle. We soon learn, however, that Twinkle has established her identity and is not so concerned with what others think about her. Sanjeev, on the other hand, is still searching for that sense of security within himself. The question of whether or not their marriage can last now arises...
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