Highlights
In this captivating book, contrasting and complementary aspects of Indian culture are explored through stories of seekers, stories of ordinary Indians; stories of heroes, frauds, and victims.
For example, in “The Men’s Club” a group of old friends meet in Delhi’s famous India International Center and, after the usual sort of friendly banter, make astonishing discoveries about key secrets in each other’s lives; in “Rukmini’s God”, two beggars, one of them a dodderingly old blind Muslim man and one quite a young Hindu woman, befriend each other to support themselves however they can; “My Life as a Devadasi” arises from a chance encounter between two American women at a cocktail party in New York; and “Murder in Assam” is a whodunit set in a tea estate. There are even stories of animals – and animal memories – and animal ghosts.
Each of these 15 stories is unique, each of them could be a film, and each will live on in your memory.
(Byline: Ratna Joshi)
