num_pages: 320
description: In a lyrical memoir spiced with mouth-watering Indian recipes and old family photographs, Mira Kamdar takes us back to the ancient world into which her grandmother was born: a tiny village in Kathiawar, India. Kamdar traces the Indian diaspora, following her family as it emigrates from feudal, rural India at the beginning of the century to the bustling streets of Rangoon, Burma and glamorous Bombay.
language: English
title: Motiba's Tattoos: A Granddaughter's Journey into Her Indian Family's Past
titlecomplete: Motiba's Tattoos: A Granddaughter's Journey into Her Indian Family's Past
genres: Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, India, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 125
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: PublicAffairs