A Study Guide for Anita Desai's "Diamond Dust"
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Diamond Dust
Anita Desai
2000
Introduction
At first glance, the title story in Anita Desai's collection Diamond Dust: Stories (2000) is a simple tale: a middle-aged, dutiful government worker lets his beloved pet run wild, ignoring the complaints of his wife, friends, and neighbors and chasing his runaway dog with no caution for his own safety. Upon further study, however, the story shows an amazing depth of character, particularly of the protagonist, Mr. Das, whose seemingly out-of-character behavior in relation to his dog, Diamond, reveals much about how he feels about his staid existence: his appropriate job, his respectable marriage, and his critical if well-meaning friends. Desai skillfully draws the reader through Diamond's evolution from a trembling, faltering fat puppy
to a devil,
clearly illustrating that Mr. Das's blind devotion never wavers, leading him to a tragic fate.
Author Biography
Desai was born in Mussoorie, India, on June 24, 1937. Her father was a Bengali businessman who met her German Jewish mother while studying in Germany. After they were married, they moved to India, where Desai was raised. As a child, Desai spoke several languages, using German at home, Hindi among her neighbors, and English at school. After graduating from Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School in Delhi, she enrolled at the University of Delhi, earning a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1957. In 1958, Desai married Ashwin Desai, and the couple had four children. Their youngest child, daughter Kiran, followed in her mother's footsteps, becoming a Man Booker Prize–winning novelist.
The same year as her wedding, Desai joined the Calcutta Writers Workshop. Cry, the Peacock (1963), her first novel, centers on the inferior social position of women in India. Her 1975 novel Where Shall We Go This Summer? also examines the oppression experienced by Indian women. Desai's work also explores issues of cultural identity. Voices in the City, published in 1965, portrays the racial prejudice faced by Indian people both in England and in their homeland, and Baumgartner's Bombay (1988) highlights German