A review by jmervosh
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag

3.0

A short, immersive novella depicting a family in urban India whose financial fortune rapidly changed, challenging familial relationships as a life of hardship is supplanted by a life of leisure. To what lengths will a family go to protect newfound quality of life, even if it means ignoring clear warning signs? Ghachar Ghochar asks interesting questions about family loyalty, human will, plausible deniability, and the sacrifices one is willing to make to protect a certain expected quality of life.