Awakening in the First Light

In India, the day always seems to start early. Ritual baths, morning prayers and visits to the temples are usually made before the chores of the day start. People who are not familiar with Indian ways find this pre-occupation with dawn rather unusual. However, while starting off on this very Indian note Leena Dhingra's writing becomes progressively western as the story unfolds. Though born in India of Indian parents she has a very European outlook on life. Situations which an Indian would accept without question, seem very strange to her. Her experience at the post office, though a little exaggerated, could happen to anyone. We have started accepting inefficiency as the norm rather than as an aberration.