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Life and Love in India
Random House
May 2011
On Sale: April 26, 2011
352 pages
ISBN: 1400067863
EAN: 9781400067862
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
When twentysomething reporter Miranda Kennedy leaves her job
in New York City 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, and finding a city
pulsing with possibility and hope, 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 from food and
clothes to marriage and family. Along the way, Kennedy is
drawn into the lives of several Indian women, including her
charismatic friend Geeta—a self-described “modern girl” who
attempts to squeeze herself into the traditional role of
wife and mother; Radha, a proud Brahmin widow who denies
herself simple pleasures in order to live by high-caste
Hindu principles; and Parvati, who defiantly chain-smokes
and drinks whiskey, yet feels compelled to keep her
boyfriend a secret from her family. 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. Incisive,
witty, and written with a keen eye for the lush vibrancy of
the country that Kennedy comes to love, Sideways on a
Scooter is both a remarkable memoir and a cultural revelation.
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