I think I’d definitely say I enjoyed reading about
Manju in the last chapter of section one. Out of Abdul, her mother Asha and
Sunil, she is definitely the most forward thinking one out of seemingly
everyone in Annawadi, and it almost was painful to hear how someone as bright
as her is being constrained from going beyond the life she was handed simply
because of her family. I think it gives perfect insight into the Indian
mindset, or at least the Annawadi mindset, that family comes first and even
though you strive for greatness yourself, you simply cannot put you before
them. It makes a nice send-off into section two in which we learn the backstory
and the afterwards of Abdul’s recount during the prologue, and as Boo stated in
the prologue, I can see why she had to do a ridiculous amount of interviews for
the primary sources when recalling when Fatima burned herself, considering just
how visceral that scene is and how often the point-of-view shifts in just a
short amount of time. The second section also shows just how contrasting the
two mindsets in Annawadi are. If section one speaks on the behalf of familial
trust and respect, section two delves into just how greedy those families can
be when trying to work against one another, obviously some more than others.
Fatima comes across as an exception though, that where Zehrunisa and Asha
dislike each other, it never comes to a head, but Fatima actively attacks those
she dislikes, and can obviously be seen by the fact she’d ruin a family by
killing herself than simply let sleeping dogs lie.
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