Mother pious lady : making sense of everyday India
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi : HarperCollins Publishers India, a joint venture with The India Today Group, 2010Description: xviii, 380 pISBN: 9788172238643 (pbk.); 8172238649 (pbk.)Subject(s): Middle class | City and town life | Social changeDDC classification: 303.40954 Summary: A new India is visibly emerging from within the folds of its many pasts. This new India needs to be seen with new eyes, free from the baggage of yesterdays characterizations. This is exactly what Santosh Desai, one of Indias best-known social commentators, does in this warm, affectionate and deliciously witty look at the changing urban Indian middle class. Writing as an insider, from personal experience, Desai cuts through the chaos and confusion of everyday India both yesterday and today, and suddenly, makes us see things clearly. Holding a mirror to our inner selves, Desai makes us see what drives us, what makes us tick, what makes our hearts beat, and how our mindsets and attitudes are changing, even as the past never quite leaves us. And Desai does so in short masterful essays, written with great humour and sensitivity. A big book about small things that truly matter.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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303.409 54 SRI/S Social change in modern India | 303.409 54 SRI/S Social change in modern India | 303.409 54 YOG/S Social change in India : crisis and resilience | 303.40954 SAN/M Mother pious lady : making sense of everyday India | 303.40954 SAT/C Contemporary India: a sociological view | 303.40954 SOC Social transformation in India : essays in honour of Professor I.P. Desai | 303.40954 VEE/C Critical events : an anthropological perspective on contemporary India |
A new India is visibly emerging from within the folds of its many pasts. This new India needs to be seen with new eyes, free from the baggage of yesterdays characterizations. This is exactly what Santosh Desai, one of Indias best-known social commentators, does in this warm, affectionate and deliciously witty look at the changing urban Indian middle class. Writing as an insider, from personal experience, Desai cuts through the chaos and confusion of everyday India both yesterday and today, and suddenly, makes us see things clearly. Holding a mirror to our inner selves, Desai makes us see what drives us, what makes us tick, what makes our hearts beat, and how our mindsets and attitudes are changing, even as the past never quite leaves us. And Desai does so in short masterful essays, written with great humour and sensitivity. A big book about small things that truly matter.
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