| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-342). |
| Contents |
Are you alone? -- Boyfriended -- Pious virgins and brave-hearted heroes -- A whiskey-drinking woman -- Cooked by Brahmin hands -- Ladies only -- A million matches -- The Brahmin versus the untouchable -- Seven lifetimes -- A modest dowry -- The boy will do -- Too much passion for this world -- Curves -- The bride who showed her teeth -- Any issue? -- A game in which my name was -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
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. |
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Women -- India -- Delhi -- Social life and customs.
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Women -- India -- Delhi -- Social conditions.
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Women -- India -- Delhi -- Biography.
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Man-woman relationships -- India -- Delhi.
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Love -- Social aspects -- India -- Delhi.
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Kennedy, Miranda -- Travel -- India -- Delhi.
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Delhi (India) -- Description and travel.
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Delhi (India) -- Social life and customs.
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Delhi (India) -- Social conditions.
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Social change -- India -- Delhi.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kennedy, Miranda. Sideways on a scooter. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2011 9781400067862 (DLC) 2010020297 (OCoLC)633140528 |
| ISBN |
9780679604556 (electronic bk.) |
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0679604553 (electronic bk.) |
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