<P> The final section returns to modern India and shows Tara confronting Bim over Raja's daughter's wedding and Bim's broken relationship with Raja . This climaxes when Bim explodes at Baba . After her anger fades, she decides that family love is irreplaceable and can cover all wrongs . After Tara leaves, she goes to her neighbors the Misras for a concert, where she is touched by the unbreakable relationship they seem to have . She tells Tara to come back from the wedding with Raja and forgives him . </P> <P> Desai considers Clear Light of Day her most autobiographical work as it is set during her own coming of age and also in the same neighbourhood in which she grew up . She describes herself as placing "a premium on setting", unlike other Indian writers . </P> <P> The book is set at various times around the partition in Old Delhi . The tension between Muslims and Hindus are clearly shown by the father's refusal to allow Raja to go to a Muslim university and study Urdu literature because he has cause to fear for his safety . The book also mentions the partition riots as well as the refugee camps . It also depicts the flight of the Alis, the Das's Muslim landlords and neighbors . </P> <P> These tensions often escalated into riots, but not in Old Delhi . The Hindus' claim to India led to the neglect, abuse and often violence towards Muslims in India or Hindus in Pakistan . The nation of India was torn apart in a violent manner, leaving refugees on both side of the border and mutual anger and hostility . The suspicious nature of the partition is also evidenced in the plainclothes police who felt Raja could be a Pakistani spy . </P>

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