you can never really ‘unlove’ them, you can only let them go. And that’s how it is, when you truly love someone.
For he will love her, cherish her and remember her. He doesn’t hate Karla for doing so, he forgives her. There’s a point when Gregory realizes Karla maybe didn’t value the friendship they shared either he forgives her for being who she is, and moves on. Karla, her existence is somehow enough to give him strength to go on in life. Although he does hope that one day Karla will feel the same way he does about her, he doesn’t make it is ultimate goal. Even then Gregory loves her, because it’s loving her gives him peace. How Gregory fell in love with the woman Karla, who never really loved him and even betrayed his trust. Shantaram also talks about one-sided love. Prabhaker chose to see the best in people, which we often fail to do. As we see Gregory mention often Prabhaker’s smile was the most optimistic thing in the world. Prabhaker is the one Gregory looked up to couldn’t see how far he has come from his past or how he had never realized how kind he was. A mere tour guide living in the streets of Bombay who finds happiness in the littlest of things in life. Only new paths to explore.Įvery human heart beat is a universe of possibilities.Īnother thing to take away from the novel was the optimistic nature of the character Prabhaker. Likewise, said in the following quotes from the book. You need to learn to let go in order to keep moving forward. What the novel teaches you the most is how it is always your decision to start over, how in order to atone for your mistakes you need to forgive yourself first, come to peace with yourself first and accept everything coming your way with compassion. Gregory wrote the novel in 5 parts each of which teaches a different lesson. The book explores various sides of a person’s life love, happiness, friendship, pain, laughter and regret. These are a few lines from the book’s opening paragraph and most certainly sum up the whole novel in the end. And the choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.
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