ConclusionĬobalt Blue is a book that will engulf you when you are reading it, and haunt you much after you’re done. It might seem that the story is about brother and sister but actually, throughout the book, you will get a narrative sketch of this unnamed man.ĭoes the question arise as does this paying guest return? If so, whom does he come back to? If not, how they dealt with their respective heartbreaks with the same man?įor knowing this obviously you need to read the whole book and find it out. Is it because men and women deal with heartbreak differently or do Tanay as a gay man just does not have the space and time to grieve over a boy as Anuja does? The stories from both sides differ in a unique way. The interesting part is both fall in love with the same person, they are heartbroken as he left them but there their heart-breaking stories are distinct. For most of the day, we would do as we liked.” Question “Men who don’t have the old to look after or the young to raise. “What do two men who decide to live together do?” he ponders. Tanay dreams of living with PG, of being in a stable, monogamous relationship. The homosexuality angle is dealt with simply. Sexualityįor a book that was originally written in 2006, Cobalt Blue is ahead of its time. Most of you know comes through Tanay’s narrative. There’s a lot you learn about the guest and yet, a lot you don’t know. The only thing that is known about his family is that his father was a consultant with the Indian embassy in Paris and that his uncle molested him when he was a child. He likes Matisse, Rumi, Dali, rice pancakes, strong coffee, black and white photographs, and Coke with a pinch of salt. This is a man who lives by his own idiosyncrasies, a seeker who follows no rules. The paying guest (PG) has no name or surname and no past. The first part is described from Tanay’s perspective and another part from Anuja’s perspective. The Book Cobalt Blue is divided into 2 parts. Loving him changed both of their lives forever.
An unnamed man comes to live in their house as a paying guest who is smitten by both the brother and sister. Story is about Siblings named Tanay and Anuja who fall in love with the same man at the same time. The loss of one’s ambition, identity, family ties, all in the gaining of love. About the BookĬobalt Blue is the story of loss. Jerry Pinto is a Mumbai-based Indian English poet, novelist, short story writer, translator, as well as journalist. Later it was translated into English by Jerry Pinto. Sachin is the author of the book Cobalt Blue. He has written and directed four feature films. Kundalkar is a novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Sachin Kundalkar or Sachin Kuṇḍalakar is an Indian film director and screenplay writer who mostly works in Marathi cinema. Brother and sister Tanay and Anuja both fall in love with the same man, an artist lodging in their family home in Pune, in western India. Cobalt Blue is a tale of rapturous love and fierce heartbreak told with tenderness and unsparing clarity.
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