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Sideways on a scooter : life and love in India / Miranda Kennedy.

Kennedy, Miranda. (Author).

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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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  • ISBN: 1400067863
  • ISBN: 9781400067862
  • Physical Description: viii, 342 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2011]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-342).
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Kennedy, Miranda > Travel > India > Delhi.
Love > Social aspects > India > Delhi.
Man-woman relationships > India > Delhi.
Social change > India > Delhi.
Women > India > Delhi > Biography.
Women > India > Delhi > Social conditions.
Women > India > Delhi > Social life and customs.
Women.
Womyn.
Delhi (India) > Description and travel.
Delhi (India) > Social conditions.
Delhi (India) > Social life and customs.
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Biographies.

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