Sideways on a scooter
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In this work that's part memoir, part in-depth reporting about women's lives in a very foreign culture, New Delhi-based NPR reporter Kennedy writes about her five years in India, and offers an intimate look at the interconnected lives of six Indian women.
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Miranda Kennedy spent five years in India, working as a reporter. Of all the quirkiness that is today's India, the most intriguing is the way women find husbands in this otherwise-quite-modern country; despite all the modern aspects of life that India has acquired, most women still find their spouses through arranged marriages. Kennedy has reached a point in her personal life where she longs for the companionship of a long-term relationship and so much of the story looks at relationships, both Kennedy's and those of Kennedy's Indian friends.
This is a beautifully written memoir that manages to look objectively and passionately at a very intriguing spot in the world.
I'd ride sideways on this scooter again any time.
