The Question and Answer section for Clear Light of Day is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Raja is Bim's younger brother; they used to be very close to each other in their earlier years. Raja is intelligent, romantic, and has great passion for Urdu poetry. He hero-worships Hyder Ali, their Muslim neighbor and landlord. He is arrogant,...
Clear Light of Day is set during the India-Pakistan Partition of 1947. Although the lead characters are not directly involved in the event, the partition affects their lives in subsequent years. The characters live in Old Delhi, which could be...
The reference to illumination, the "clear light of day" refers to the lighting of the way of reconciliation once all the misunderstandings and long-held emotional barriers have been cleared out of the way. Desai achieves this through the...
