Summary of the remains of the feast by gita hariharan
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This is the story about a 90 year old woman, Rukmini, and her grand daughter. The members of the house were Rukmini, his son, wife and the narrator, the grand daughter. Rukmini was old and sick, she had a disease in her throat, but she was not treated and the doctor, while on a visit to the house, told the son that she would die. After coming to know the truth from her grand daughter, Rukmini started eating cakes from market, Bhel puri and even cold drinks. She used to used all foods to taste everything and satisfy her epicurean desires, and she got diarrhea. She was admitted in hospital and there her last wish was to wear a red saree with gold border and eat spicy peanuts, bondas etc. After her death, the narrator tried to continue her legacy and ate all unhygienic food and got diarrhea herself. Then, after a weak, she replaced her sarees and things with her books ans clothes in the grandmother's cupboard. This shows that she was ow ready to step in her grandmother's shoes and live like her as a free woman.
Gita Hariharan’s ‘The Remains of the Feast’ is a study in feminism. This story deals with a ninety years old woman who is on the verge of dying. She shared a great chemistry with her granddaughter Ratna, the narrator or the story who was a girl of twenty two.
Although death was knocking at her door, she would remain cheerful and never let anybody know that she was sick.
When the cancerous growth spread at great lengths, Ratna’s mother seemed worried that if the news is broken into the neighbors and relatives, there will be swarming visitors in their house which could create disturbance in Ratna’s studies.
The old woman suddenly starts voicing all her needs and asks her desires relating to food to be fulfilled as she knew she has only little time left in her hand. Her impending death made her demand forbidden things that stroke sympathy in Ratna.