What are the themes in novel 'the crow eater' by Bapsi Sidwah?
The Craw Eaters is more about the society of Parsi people in India and Pakistan. The story takes place over the first half of the twentieth century, and concerns the fortunes of a Parsi man, Faredoon "Freddy" Junglewalla. After moving from a small village in central India to the city of Lahore, Freddy gains financial success through a variety of questionable money-making schemes, such as arson and insurance fraud. Meanwhile, his strong-willed mother-in-law, Jerbanoo, makes his life increasingly difficult. The Crow Eaters, while addressing serious cultural and historical issues, is written in a humorous, farcical style that lampoons elements of Parsi culture. Particularly, it talks about the culture and family system of a parsi family but in general it tells about many social problems such as the conflict between Freddy and his mother-in-law, it ialso talks about the love between mother and daughter. The temperament of people; for e.g. the incident when Freddy goes to the mystic who advises him to cut his mother-in-law's hair. The problems of community; the love marriage has always been a problem in Pakistan or India, similarly Yazdi faces the same problems.I am not saying that only we have the spark. Other people have it too; Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, they too have developed pure strains through generations. But what happens when you marry outside your kind? The spark so delicately nurtured, so subtly balanced, meets something totally alien and unmatched. Its precise balance is scrambled. It reverts to the primitiveIt is a typical reflection of Indians or Pakistanis that they pray the god the most in their troubles or sorrow. Similarly Freddy starts taking interest in religion only when he knows that his elder son is to die soon.
