What is the author's style in Dharma by Vikram Chandra?

Chandra structures the story by employing two techniques: the frame-story and the flashback. A frame-story is a narrative within which a character tells a story. Thus in "Dharma," the main story, that of Jago Antia, is introduced by another narrative in which the narrator tells of his first meeting with Subramaniam. The narrator complains about the backwardness of people in Bombay who believe in superstitions like ghosts. This remark creates the link to the main story.