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Title: May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons : A Journey Among the Women of India by Elisabeth Bumiller ISBN: 0-449-90614-0 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.54 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great book about the lives of women in India
Comment: Elizabeth Bumiller does a great job portraying the true lives of Indian women as an outsider. As a forgeiner she interviews many Indian women about different aspect of their Indian lives. Discussions of great women like Indira Ghandi and intense interview with women who had to kill their children because they were females all provided me with a great realistic idea of women's roles and lives in India. This is a great book, it is an easy read and provides a lot of good information.
Rating: 4
Summary: Worth reading
Comment: I enjoyed this book mainly because it is about the lives of Indian women seen through the eyes of a foreigner - ie a western woman. I felt I could relate to this book very well as a 'western' woman myself, albeit with roots in India. I would recommend this book for those who know little about Indian society .
Rating: 1
Summary: May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons
Comment: The only valuable part of this book is the first 8 pages, where the author describes her profound cultural shock of arriving in India. Clearly, she never got past it.
The book is over-generalized to the point of being trashy... it is the perfect example of Western imperalism and idiocy in understanding another culture. The author doesn't seem to get that part of visiting a new place is to get beyond comparing how much better your home country is... I suggest any potential buyers to steer clear.
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Title: Snakes and Ladders by Gita Mehta ISBN: 0385491697 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 13 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Travelers' Tales Guides India by James P. O'Reilly, Larry Habegger ISBN: 1885211015 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Pilgrimage to India: A Woman Revisits Her Homeland (Adventura Series) by Pramila Jayapal ISBN: 1580050522 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: 09 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, Rohinton Mistry ISBN: 140003065X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: India by Stanley A. Wolpert ISBN: 0520221729 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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