The eternal conflicts within NRIs of InfoTech world is depicted via the Book cover. It shows a sharp contrast between USA’s stark, sterile grey and India’s vivid bright colors.

However, unlike the cover, Jay the protagonist narrates every American experience as brighter, prettier, richer and better than everything Indian.

As a result, his climactic yearning for Indian soil seems mildly contrived, since no specific event acts as catalyst, no tender relation (family, romance or friend) acts as a vital tug pulling him home and no warm memory harps upon his patriotism. He returns without any concrete blueprint except for a vague notion of social work.

{Author’s reply to above comment – Jay doesn’t need a concrete plan to go back to his motherland. The desire to be there for the country & parents, as directed by conscience in itself is a strong reason. He returned to India with more hopes than plans. Continue reading →