Karim’s and Kitty’s relationship with India
Verfasst von kristinhd am April 11, 2008
Karim and Kitty are two Indian royals, to be precise, Karim is the Nawab’s nephew and heir. As the furnishing shows, they seem to have a close relationship to India( P. 93, ll. 1-3 (” [..] floor which was strewn with cushions, bolsters and rugs. Evrything was Indian, including most of the people there”, “sarod music..”)). Further more both of them want to make a contract with to friends, concerning the work with Indian materials.
As the narrator mentionns first Karim’s uncle, he sais him to have been a naughty boy like many others at that time (P. 93 ll. 30-32). All of the guests, including Karim and Kitty, would like to live in India, but feel disturbed by the current governement which makes it impossible to live there.
Like another woman in the room, Karim has ged rid of most of he treasures und the palace at Khatm, because e.g. it is impossible to change anything on the state of it, like making a hotel from it. The only things he kept are some familiar things, without a material value. Karim explains the narrator about the scandalous life the Nawab lived and how he handled with money. As an example he told her about a British woman (Olivia).
On another drawing is depicted Amanullah Kahn, shown at the end of his life, when already confirmed in his conquests, and not when he still “lived” in the saddle. He speaks of him with the same admiration the Nawab did before.
He adds also that sometimes he wishes to return to India, as he belongs to it. But soon the want to buy an apartement and serve the country with their in- and export.
