A Cage of Desires by Shuchi Singh Kalra is a chick lit novel which delves into the life of the protagonist Renu, who, by all ways, is reckoned as a burden on the society. On the other hand, she has to deal with acute loneliness despite having a family with two beautiful children and a husband. Renu is married to Dev for over fifteen years, but their marriage misses the spark of romance and elements of emotional understanding. The story is mainly staged against the middle-class society of Lucknow, a city in North India. Dev works in Sitapur – he stays there and comes home at weekends. Well, people come over Lucknow from there and other small cities, but Dev is doing just the opposite, and this thing pricks Renu. She feels bereaved of her emotional needs. Her husband is quite mediocre by nature; he cares least about her body and other emotional needs. Even if he makes love to her, then there is no passion in it. She is burning inside. To make her life more miserable, ther...
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