Book Review : Sethji - Shobhaa De
Title : Sethji Author : Shobhaa De Published : 2012 Read on: 15 th Nov, 20 The book blazes the lives of socialites – politician, businessmen and people from film industry by torching their spiteful souls whose lust and power greed runs flip-flop on a threadbare marital relationship. It’s a tragic satire, a realistic fiction, an irony which highlights to what extent a life could droop to achieve the ultimate heights perceived. The story builds with description of characters associated with Sethji intertwined with Kautilya’s Arthashastra. In Hindi, Seth means a rich person and Ji is added to symbolize respect. The second most important character which portrays a bigger role than Sethji is his daughter-in-law (Bahu in Hindi). At times, it seems that the story is more about the bahu. Kautilya or Chanakya or Vishnugupta authored ancient Indian political treatise. The lifestyles, thought process and hypocrisy of each character is brilliantly elaborated which gives a sense