In Keshava Guha's "The Tiger's Share," the protagonist Tara Saxena navigates a polluted Delhi, where the seasons symbolize human impact and decay. The story begins with her father, Brahm Saxena, declaring he will sever family ties to pursue a higher purpose, igniting an ecological awakening that profoundly affects Tara and her brother Rohit. As they respond to their father's radical shift, themes of personal responsibility and ecological awareness unfold against a backdrop of a decaying urban environment filled with food imagery reflecting life's transience and pollution.
The arrival of October marks a shift in Delhi's air, where smog obstructs the sky, and the Loo wind transforms the heat into a suffocating presence.
In a city marked by decay and pollution, the novel illustrates that from birth onward, everything is transient, much like the food-related imagery it employs.
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