Title: In Hanuman's Hands
First published: 2008
Description: In Hanuman's Hands" is a gritty, hauntingly beautiful memoir. Bringing India whole-heartedly into America, Rao weaves his own story of Western culture clash with mythic tales of his Hindu ancestors who served in the ancestral temples of Kali. With Hanuman as his loyal companion, the author finds his way back to recovery at a halfway house in Chicago's Southside run by a mug named Tats and shared by an unforgettable gang of streetwise characters.
Subjects: Biography, Drug addicts, Case studies, East Indian Americans, Redemption, Hanumān (Hindu deity), Homeless persons, Hindus, Young men, Rehabilitation, Rao, Cheeni, East Indian Americans -- Biography, Hindus -- United States -- Biography, Young men -- United States -- Biography, Drug addicts -- United States -- Biography, Homeless persons -- United States -- Biography, Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies, Redemption -- Case studies, Hanuman (Hindu deity), Authors, biography, Authors, indic, Hindus, united states, Hanuman (hindu deity)
Places: United States
People: Cheeni Rao
LC classification: E184.E2 R375 2008