Book : Mother Pious Lady
Author: Santosh Desai
Publisher: Harper Collins (www.harpercollins.co.in )
ISBN: 978-81-7223-864-3
The author Santosh Desai is also a columnist for Times of India. The author poignantly touches upon middle class India, poised between its dreams of an upper class lifestyle and yet it lower class earnings and yearnings.He elucidates upon the India emerging from amongst its folds of customs and traditions and yet having the biggest mobile internet users in the world.
Desai writes from personal experience. The name of the Book :Mother Pious Lady is a spoof upon the Matrimonial columns seen in all the newspapers of India. The advertisements usually mention the characteristics of the person in short "Tall, fair, IIM, Engineer, joint fly (family)" and also looking for characteristics in prospective partner " Fair, slim, very beautiful, convent ed" and to add the "Indian touch of respectability"- Mother Pious Lady -Mother is a devout, god loving, pious lady.
He talks about the old and yet new Indian tradition of exchanging old clothes for steel utensils, from vendors who strut their wares from door to door. Desai talks about the handing down of old clothes, books and games from cousin to cousin, sibling to sibling. He remembers the summers holidays of joint families. The gathering of 40 people under one roof, the sharing of all possessions.
Desai also writes an ode to the old Vespa scooter, the dying world of chawls and neighbors Desai talks about the unique Indian creations pithoo, antakshari. The joy of that late night Vividh Bharati, the Indian males predeliction for scratching in public.
In fact why am I spoiling your fun by trying to name the small idiosyncrasies of middle class Indian life? Go.... Buy the book.... Read it and chuckle nostalgically at every chapter. Afterall thats the biggest tension vent that we middle class Indians have.
Author: Santosh Desai
Publisher: Harper Collins (www.harpercollins.co.in )
ISBN: 978-81-7223-864-3
The author Santosh Desai is also a columnist for Times of India. The author poignantly touches upon middle class India, poised between its dreams of an upper class lifestyle and yet it lower class earnings and yearnings.He elucidates upon the India emerging from amongst its folds of customs and traditions and yet having the biggest mobile internet users in the world.
Desai writes from personal experience. The name of the Book :Mother Pious Lady is a spoof upon the Matrimonial columns seen in all the newspapers of India. The advertisements usually mention the characteristics of the person in short "Tall, fair, IIM, Engineer, joint fly (family)" and also looking for characteristics in prospective partner " Fair, slim, very beautiful, convent ed" and to add the "Indian touch of respectability"- Mother Pious Lady -Mother is a devout, god loving, pious lady.
He talks about the old and yet new Indian tradition of exchanging old clothes for steel utensils, from vendors who strut their wares from door to door. Desai talks about the handing down of old clothes, books and games from cousin to cousin, sibling to sibling. He remembers the summers holidays of joint families. The gathering of 40 people under one roof, the sharing of all possessions.
Desai also writes an ode to the old Vespa scooter, the dying world of chawls and neighbors Desai talks about the unique Indian creations pithoo, antakshari. The joy of that late night Vividh Bharati, the Indian males predeliction for scratching in public.
In fact why am I spoiling your fun by trying to name the small idiosyncrasies of middle class Indian life? Go.... Buy the book.... Read it and chuckle nostalgically at every chapter. Afterall thats the biggest tension vent that we middle class Indians have.
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