Cover of In custody

Book 1985

In custody

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Publisher
Penguin
Language
English
Published
1985
  • Fiction
  • Social life and customs
  • Indic Poets
  • Interviews
  • Poets, Indic
  • Fiction, general
  • India, fiction
  • Manners and customs

The book 'In Custody" , shortlisted for booker prize, is contemplated with various concerning issues of the World specifically India. These themes are status of Urdu Language in India, psychological and sociological elements of Indians and their traditions, the Scheming World , etc. Deven Sharma , a lecturer in a college, is the hero without heroism in the book. Murad and Mr.Jain are specifically the examples of a scheming World. Imtiaz Begum as a new woman, a genuine example of growing Feminism.