SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
Author – Rohinton Mistry Publisher – Faber & Faber, Year 1991 Review by : Indra Mani Lal ==== Excerpts : * If Tehmul- Langraa’s trailing habit did not irritate them, his scratching habit was certain to. He scratched perpetually like one processed, mainly his groin and arm pits. He scratched with a circular movement, a churning, scrambling, stirring motion of his hand, and those who sought more subtlety in a nickname than Tehmul-Langraa called him Scrambled Egg. Women claimed he did it deliberately to annoy them. They said that his hand regularly moved downward in their presence and it was rubbing and caressing himself that he did, more than scratching – what with a big packet like that, and no underwear to keep it all in place. Shameful to have him wandering around dingle – dangle. * Gustad entered the place hesitantly. Down the passage, into the che...
