In the story “The Buddha of Suburbia”, we meet a boy with his sister, mom, and dad. His name is Karim Amir. Karim Amir is a person, who is an Englishman. He is a funny kind of Englishman. Karim’s dad was also elegant and handsome. His dad was broad and strong. He was a boxer and fanatical. He was as proud of this chest as their neighbors. His dad had been in Britain since 1950, also over twenty years. For fifteen of those years he had lived in the south London suburbs. Karim’s father taught Karim to flirt with everyone. Karim’s mom was a plump and unphysical woman with a pale round face and kind brown eyes. His mom wore an apron with flowers on it and wiped. Karim’s mom and dad worked. His mom worked in a shoe shop in the High Street and did all the housework and the cooking. Karim sees his parents, as if his father “decides” over his mom and him. His mom only worked and did all the housework and watch TV. Karim and his sister had no chance at all to watch TV, when their mom was busy with watch TV. The TV was her only area of absolute authority. Karim is caught of demonstrations and Hindu-Muslim fighting…

I historien "Buddha of Suburbia" møder vi en dreng med hans søster, mor og far. Hans navn er Karim Amir. Karim Amir er en person, der er en engelskmand. Han er en sjov slags engelskmand. Karims far var også elegant og smuk. Hans far var bred og stærk. Han var en bokser og fanatisk. Han var lige så stolt over dette bryst som deres naboer. Hans far havde været i Storbritannien siden 1950, også over tyve år. I femten af ​​disse år havde han boet i de sydlige London-forstæder. Karims far lærte Karim at flirte med alle. Karims mor var en lubben og ufysisk kvinde med et lys rundt ansigt og venlige brune øjne. Hans mor bar et forklæde med blomster på og tørrede. Karims mor og far arbejdede. Hans mor arbejdede i en skobutik i High Street og gjorde alt husarbejde og madlavning. Karim ser sine forældre, som om hans far “bestemmer” over sin mor og ham. Hans mor arbejdede kun og gjorde alt husarbejde og så tv. Karim og hans søster havde slet ingen chance for at se tv, da deres mor var optaget af at se tv. Tv'et var hendes eneste område med absolut autoritet. Karim er fanget af demonstrationer og hindu-muslimsk kamp ...