Yoga Hotel
Subtitle: stories
By: Maura Moynihan
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: ReganBooks
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Americans -- India -- Fiction; India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Masterji and other stories
Description: "From three decades of deeply sympathetic observation came the inspiration for these stories, in which the characters' beliefs are challenged as they interact with those outside their culture. British and American expatriates mingle with Indian friends, colleagues, and servants, and the stories follow the change or failure to change, that results. Hari, a young Indian servant, hopes for his amiable British boss's help in escaping a prearranged wedding. An American embassy worker named Melanie becomes disillusioned when her married lover uses her to get a visa. At a Himalayan retreat a wealthy group gathers to seek spiritual enlightenment, but their altruism is tested when they are asked to buy dowries for a poor Indian family."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previously publised as: Masterji and other stories. 1999
Table of contents: title: A good job in Delhi; title: High commissioner for refugees; title: The visa; title: Paying guest; title: Masterji; title: In the heart of Braj