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In CustodyChapter 9 is the book’s climax, as the action and conflict builds. Deven is trying to record Nur’s verse, which is spoken in Urdu (a language of northern India). The first of the hurdles he faces...
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In CustodyExistentialism can be understood as the belief that the world lacks inherent meaning and that individuals can carve out meaning for themselves through their experience. In Custody clearly shows...
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In CustodyIn Custody tells the story of Deven Sharma's attempts to pursue his passion for the Urdu language while working as a Hindi literature teacher. The book explores themes of modernization and cultural...
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In CustodyIn chapter 7 of In Custody, by Anita Desai, Deven goes to see Nur, a famous Urdu poet. He is surprised to find lots of people in Nur's courtyard, but he ignores this and continues on to the top of...
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In CustodyDeven is the true custodian of Urdu, rather than the great Urdu poet Nur, because Deven struggles to hold on to the memory of the language at all costs, while Nur seems to have lost faith in it. As...
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In CustodyNur is an Urdu poet and object of interest to the protagonist of In Custody, Deven, a Hindu literature teacher and would-be Urdu poet. Deven has long been an admirer of Nur and is excited to get...
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In CustodyIn the novel In Custody, Deven is initially surprised and disappointed upon meeting Nur, the poet who he has so-long admired. Nur lives in fairly run-down conditions and is in overall poor physical...
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In CustodyImtiaz Begum is the second wife to Nur: a female poet and, overall, a rather complicated character. Other characters define Imtiaz as manipulative, cold, and vain. She does not possess the soft...
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In CustodyImtiaz is the second wife of Nur. Nur also has a first wife who is older than Imtiaz. When Deven finally gets to meet Nur, he's unimpressed by the way the man lives. One of the worst things about...
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In CustodyIn Custody centers on the character of Deven. Sarla is his wife; she appears sporadically in the novel, generally as a reflection of Deven’s thoughts. His career as a lecturer at a lower-level...
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In CustodyIn Desai's In Custody, Deven Sharma serves as our point of view into the story. He is nominally the protagonist but certainly not in the heroic sense. He is unmotivated, indecisive, insecure, and a...
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In CustodyWhen Deven agrees to Murad's proposal that he interview the poet Nur in Delhi, he is both elated and apprehensive. Deven understands that this interview offers an unparalleled opportunity for him...