An Old Man and His Young Wife

Central theme of the novel is true love of a young girl Anuradha towards a powerful man Himangshu Barua double of her age. All the aspects of social life like human relation love money power effects and affects due to difference of age and social status in conjugal lives have also been showcased. The authoralso tries to provoke the readers to have a relook at the social ethos and personal relations. Further the author tries to differentiate among three categories of relations between men and women :i) physical relation void of any emotional bonding ii) physical relation withsocial sanction but void of true love and iii) deep emotional bonding true love social sanction and then only indulgence of physical relation. Finally he tries to expose the darker side of the society with people completely submerged in selfishness and people with indifferent attitude towards the tragedy of others.