Life in India in the 1970s
What was India like before globalisation, call centres, and Bollywood? This author moved to India in 1976 and lived there for a number of years. This book describes what it was like to live, study, and marry there.
| Preface | |||
| 1. | No Time, No Space, No Connection | 1 | |
| 2. | How Did I Get Here? | 3 | |
| 3. | First Glimpses of India | 13 | |
| 4. | The Twin Cities | 17 | |
| 5. | Seetha Devi | 25 | |
| 6. | The Auto Ride | 31 | |
| 7. | Finding a Guru | 35 | |
| 8. | Shaik Dawood Khan | 41 | |
| 9. | Settling In – The Kirtane Household | 47 | |
| 10. | My Training | 57 | |
| 11. | Names | 65 | |
| 12. | What’s the Sex of a Banana? | 69 | |
| 13. | My Frame of Mind | 73 | |
| 14. | A typical Day | 75 | |
| 15. | Sleep | 85 | |
| 16. | Religion | 87 | |
| 17. | Inter-Religious Competition | 95 | |
| 18. | Picture Time | 97 | |
| 19. | Caste and Community | 99 | |
| 20. | Tabla Dukaan | 103 | |
| 21. | Sickness | 105 | |
| 22. | The Game of Customs | 107 | |
| 23. | All Things Foreign | 113 | |
| 24. | Meena Alexander | 115 | |
| 25. | Respect, Etiquette, and Social Position | 117 | |
| 26. | Hygiene | 127 | |
| 27. | Grooming | 133 | |
| 28. | Lalitha’s Doorstep | 137 | |
| 29. | Grand Hotel | 141 | |
| 30. | The Paanwalla | 147 | |
| 31. | Sports | 149 | |
| 32. | Hyderabadi Food | 153 | |
| 33. | Alcohol | 159 | |
| 34. | Tobacco | 165 | |
| 35. | Drugs | 169 | |
| 36. | The Hippie Trail | 175 | |
| 37. | Films and Radio | 177 | |
| 38. | Quietude of The Tree | 183 | |
| 39. | Sauda Baazi | 185 | |
| 40. | Politics of Disruption | 187 | |
| 41. | Music Festival | 191 | |
| 42. | Performance | 201 | |
| 43. | Socialising | 205 | |
| 44. | Communalism | 209 | |
| 45. | Jume’raat Epiphany | 215 | |
| 46. | Rameeza Bee | 219 | |
| 47. | The Emergency | 223 | |
| 48. | Indian National Identity | 229 | |
| 49. | Relationships | 235 | |
| 50. | A Chilly Morning | 239 | |
| 51. | Ram’s Tea Party | 243 | |
| 52. | Hindu Marriage | 251 | |
| 53. | Finding a Wife | 259 | |
| 54. | Horoscope | 261 | |
| 55. | Dowry | 265 | |
| 56. | Chandrakantha | 269 | |
| 57. | Married Life | 277 | |
| 58. | The Apostate | 287 | |
| 59. | Pilgrimage | 291 | |
| 60. | Goodbye to India | 293 | |
| Epilogue | 295 | ||
| Glossary | 301 |
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