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The Cat and Shakespeare
The Cat and Shakespeare | Raja Rao
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The Cat and Shakespeare is a gentle, almost teasing fable of two friendsGovindan Nair, an astute, down-to-earth philosopher and clerk, who tackles the problems of routine living with extraordinary common sense and gusto, and whose refreshing and unorthodox conclusions continually panic Ramakrishna Pai, Nairs friend, neighbour and narrator of the story. This evocative novel brings alive the raw texture of Indian life, and delights in its humour.
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"The kitten is being carried by the cat.We would all be kittens carried by the cat. Some, who are lucky will one day know it. Others live hearing meow-meow"

This is a beautiful allusion to the concept of Karma by Raja Rao in his celebrated classic - The Cat and the Shakespeare equating the Karma to the Mother Cat who carries her kittens (meaning us - the humans) by her teeth to ensure protection and love while the kitten is oblivious.

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What the *bleep* was that!!!? Is there such a thing as “philosophical fiction”? That may have been this. I don‘t think there was any kind of plot. From what I could gather there as a man with a wife and a mistress (one, I‘m not sure which, was “woman”… not “a woman”, just “woman”). He has a daughter (“child”, not “a child”, just “child”). He works. A boy child got sick, a cat appeared somewhere along the way, a boss died, cont in comments...

LibraryCin the mistress was pregnant (and I think had a baby). I think. The book gets the extra half star for what I think I actually followed in the book (since I was surprised that I managed to follow anything – at least I think I did!). Sorry if any of what I mentioned as a spoiler – my apologies if I‘ve ruined the book for anyone! 5y
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