The Strange Fate of Arvind Desai

Arvind Desai is the only son of a rich businessman who deals in luxury handicrafts and products His feelings for his father are mixedwhile he hates his dominating nature he admires his power and lack of scruples He has long discussions on art and politics with a Marxist friend Rajan is seeing his fathers secretary Alice and sometimes he visits a prostitute Fatima Much against his wishes his marriage is arranged to a girl from a highclass family that has just returned from Paris much to the dismay of Alices mother who realizes that Alice was just timepass for Arvind and nothing more