Is it just me or did anyone find this a little underwhelming? Ghachar Ghochar is about a young man whose family has come into new money after a life of growing up in poverty. It's about egomania, paranoia, emotional manipulation, and all of the dynamics and things unsaid in an otherwise seemingly typical Indian family.

The main character is aimless and lazy since he's never had to want for money after his graduation, his sister is rebellious and conflicted, and the parents trying to maintain some semblance o a normal family hierarchy and hiding the unscrupulous side of their family business and finally his uncle who runs the said family business. Along with them is the main character's new wife Anita, an idealist who finds their situation strange duped into marrying a man she thinks doesn't deserve the money he's gained and unsatisfied with his 'ostrich head in the sand' attitude when it came to family disputes.

It feels like a snapshot into the life of this family which is all at once teetering on the edge of a breakdown, trying desperately to maintain the status quo, and is sustained only by itself. And that's where the Ghachar Ghochar term arises. An entangled mess. It's a phrase that's quite common in some parts of India even if the protagonist thinks his wife invented it. His passiveness and complacency despite the mess are the main feelings the reader experiences but besides this, there's pretty much no plot. I thought that the premise was interesting. A lot of intriguing aspects but it all ended abruptly with no resolution