A darkly comic account of the disintegration of a marriage. Balu and Janaki Shankar are a typical, traditional South Indian couple in their late fifties who have been married for thirty-three years. Balu Shankar has dominated the marriage without any serious challenge from his wife and they have lived in reasonable harmony, until they make their first ever trip to Britain, to visit their son. Being too busy to take time off from work and show them around, he ...
