All the lives we never lived by Anuradha Roy

​"All the lives we never lived" by Anuradha Roy - Slow!

This book is published by Hachette India in 2019 and has 344 pages.

This is the story of Mishkin Chand Rosario, son of an Anglo Indian father and Bengali mother. His mother ran off with a German in pre-independence India.

Why did she run off? How big a scandal was it in those times? Why didn’t she take her son? What becomes of her? What becomes of Mishkin?

Gayatri, daughter of Prof. Agnisen is married to his student Nek Chand, whose mother was an Anglo Indian. She is 16 years younger than her husband. They live in Muntazir town. Gayatri is a free spirited girl. She doesn’t like restrictions. She is suffocated in her household. One day she decides to escape. Her plan succeeds except one thing that haunts her for life.

Mishkin is confused as he doesn’t know why his mother leaves him. Her departure affects her irreversibly.

It’s a story of melancholy and regrets. Everything is not as it looks. The relationship between Gayatri and the German is also not what it appears.

It’s a very slow story and readers need a lot of patience to sail through. Nevertheless, it’s a curious story.

Why did I read this book? Author. 

What I didn't like? Pace.

What did I like? Character of Gayatri.

Not a must read.