Two states-The Mess

I happened to read Two States by Chetan Bagath through my friend. I read by chance but has a lot to talk about it. The author no doubt exceeds in vocabulory usage. The book stands as a testimony for his mastery over the english language but neverthless i could smell and feel the racial bias. On the superficial level one could feel that he is totally unbiased who has criticized both the states of North and South, but a profound reading and analysis of certain statement peels the layer of unbias and exhibits the problem of the text.M.S Subbulakshmi song is headache for him and his great discovery of the reason for the sale of Fair & lovely in South, puts across his racial bias. All the other criticism of North and South are voiced through different characters in Novel but the above two notion of music and colour is his own voice.So, No way of Escapism to defend him that he is highly impartial. The protagonist family pays heed to heroine only because of her English and monthly income.As a human being she is not respected.The heroine's family tries to discord the hero- fearing love marriage, whereas the love doesn't creates the problem in case of heroe's family but the race. The hero of the novel helps the member of his lover family in different way and wins their heart and does it mean that he barters his love or do they part with their daughter's future for the favour which he has done, or the gold ring and the dinner at the Rain tree hotel.More importance has been paid to the beauty of heroine and not even at one point the hero acknowledges her intellectually. She claims herself to be smart but he declares nowhere. At one point he praises her with few adjectives but only to convince his mother.His compliments are not true from his heart. The novel can be subjected to the study of Feminist approach and racial conflict.Well it has opened doors for discussing various issues.In that way this novel is a great success.