Review: Wonderful look inside India!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
This charming and fast-paced book opens a window into Indian culture and history for those who don't know the country. Some of the English is a little dodgy, but it was not clear to me whether this may have resulted from the book's being written in another language and translated not very well. Either way, a good editor could have helped with this, but the writing itself is delightful and I will certainly be looking forward to more from this talented author.Of particular note was the way Ms Gandhi handled the use of Indian terms unfamiliar to a Western reader: by placing the English equivalent in parentheses immediately after the word. I found this an excellent technique, and a delightful alternative to the more usual footnotes; I hope more foreign writers will consider doing it this way. Apart from having a nicely friendly and informal feeling to it, it removes the irritation of having to divert the eye back and forth to the bottom of the page (or, even worse, to the end of the chapter) and perhaps having to wrestle with a tiny font.