
Mother Pious Lady: Harper Collins India, 380 pages, Rs399
Mother Pious Lady
Making sense of Everyday India
by Santosh Desai
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 India’s best-known social commentators, does in this warm, affectionate and deliciously witty look at the changing urban Indian middle class.
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“This is a rare and captivating book, wise and witty, on the inner lives of middle class Indians. Desai both enlightens and entertains.”
Sudhir Kakar