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020 _a9780143421238 (pbk.)
082 _a915.4
_bMIS
100 _aMishra, Pankaj
_99098
245 0 _aButter chicken in Ludhiana :
_btravels in small town India
260 _aGurugram
_bPenguin Random House India Pvt Ltd
_c2006
300 _axvii, 273p.,
500 _ahttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25230165-butter-chicken-in-ludhiana?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
520 _aAbout the Book: Butter Chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in Small Town India A marvellous travel book, this witty and observant work describes small-town India in a never-before light, an India that is brash, kitschy, clamorous and ever-changing A contemporary classic, widely acclaimed as Pankaj Mishras best work In Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, Pankaj Mishra captures an India which has shrugged off its sleepy, socialist air, and has become instead kitschy, clamorous and ostentatious. From a convent-educated beauty pageant aspirant to small shopkeepers planning their vacation in London, Pankaj Mishra paints a vivid picture of a people rushing headlong to their tryst with modernity. An absolute classic, this is a witty and insightful account of Indias aspirational middle class. About the Author: Pankaj Mishra Pankaj Mishra is the author of five books, most recently From the Ruins of Empire. He writes for, among others, the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books and the Guardian. Review: An insightful and delightful travelogue through freshly-liberalised India- Times of India A delightful travel book- Business Standard Butter Chicken in Ludhiana demonstrate s the wonderful flexibility of non-fiction- Outlook One of the most disturbing and entertaining descriptions of the upwardly mobile classes in provincial India- New York Review of Books An excellent-and hilarious-account of lassitude and petty ambition in small-town India that evokes the world immortalized by R. K. Narayan- New York Times
650 _aCities and towns
_99805
650 _aManners and customs
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650 _aTravel
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942 _cBK
_o915.4 MIS
_2Dewey Decimal Classification
999 _c9527
_d9527