I just have to say I couldn't have said it better myself. I would just like to add that I think it is incredible that Seth has woven this story together with out a visible crack or contradiction. It is so good for us non-Indians to be able to understand the problems among people of different origins that inhabit the sub-continent but are just as much Indians (or Bengalis) as the others. It's like saying that the Basques are the only ones in Europe that have any rights because they are the only ones that can trace their ancestry back to before Indo-European speaking peoples invaded. What I would like is another book like this but set in 2009 or 10 to be able to understand the situation 60 years later.

I agree--I'd love to have an "update".