This Blessed House

February 1st – This Blessed House

In This Blessed House we get a brief glimpse into the relationship of newly weds Sanjeev and Twinkle. They are young, attractive, and successful but appear to be completely incompatible. The story is written from Sanjeev’s point of view which makes it very clear all the ways he believes his wife to be different from himself. Their differences are all the more highlighted by the briefness of their relationship. Relating to this is easy for me, I dated a girl for five and half years and sometimes it seemed we were newly weds. I realized in that relationship it’s give and take to make a long marriage or just a dating relationship work. As the story progresses its hard not to like Twinkle. She is happy and carefree. She enjoys life and all of its little surprises. For me I just wish I can find a girl like that, a person that has a care-free, spirit-free personality. Her husband on the other hand seems to suck the joy form everything. He alphabetizes his books and chooses to read about music instead of feeling about it. It’s as if the author wants the reader to pick a side as the story starts. Which in that regards, I wish the author didn’t do that. I like both characters even though I don’t know about the Christianity part for Sanjeev. I found it disrespectful that Sanjeev had a strong hatred for Christianity and everything I stand for. I know a lot of non-Christians especially back home in Jacksonville but none of them have the guts to say what Sanjeev says. I have a lot of Hindu friends and also just plain atheist and they don’t believe in God or Christ. One of the funniest things to me is Sanjeev calls the Christian material “Christian Paraphernalia” which comes across to me like a drug or something you would get high on. But in youth groups today and in my youth group I have heard Christ is my high and the connection I had with this story in that regards is just funny to me.