Sideways on a scooter
Subtitle: life and love in India
By: Miranda Kennedy
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781400067862
Description: When twentysomething reporter Miranda Kennedy leaves her New York job and travels to India with no employment prospects, she longs to immerse herself in the turmoil and excitement of a rapidly developing country. What she quickly learns in Delhi about renting an apartment as a single woman--it's next to impossible--and the proper way for women in India to ride scooters--perched sideways--are early signs that life here is less Westernized than she'd counted on. Living in Delhi for more than five years, Kennedy experiences friendships, love affairs, and losses that open a window onto the opaque world of Indian politics and culture--and alter her own attitudes about everything. In her effort to understand the hopes and dreams that motivate her new friends, Kennedy peels back India's globalized image as a land of call centers and fast-food chains and finds an ancient place where, in many ways, women's lives have scarcely changed for centuries.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Are you alone?; title: Boyfriended; title: Pious virgins and brave-hearted heroes; title: A whiskey-drinking woman; title: Cooked by Brahmin hands; title: Ladies only; title: A million matches; title: The Brahmin versus the untouchable; title: Seven lifetimes; title: A modest dowry; title: The boy will do; title: Too much passion for this world; title: Curves; title: The bride who showed her teeth; title: Any issue?; title: A game in which my name was; title: Epilogue.