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The vivid Indian setting was the star of this book. For me, the vivid Indian setting was the star of this novel. the myriad sights, sounds, smells—and complicated network of politics and power—in an impoverished Indian others’ intimate secrets and they yours, where the stench of refuse mixes with the delicious tang of Indian #mysterysuspense, #india

Chakrabarti's A Play for the End of the World takes place in 1970s New York and in rural India, with like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood orphanage has died under mysterious circumstances while in India New York City reflecting on their relationship, he becomes drawn into a bare-bones yet complicated Indian Misha-Jaryk friendship was fantastic, and Chakrabarti's writing--about New York's bustle, small-town Indian You might also like some of the other books with Indian settings I've reviewed on this Bossy site.

I love a novel set in India, and the details of the sparkling promise and darker underpinnings of the Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six years teaching creative writing in the American I'm intrigued by novels with an Indian setting. This is Oindrila Mukherjee's debut novel.

In Thrity Umrigar's Honor, Indian-American journalist Smita has reluctantly returned to India to pitch Meanwhile, Smita is drawn to an Indian man she meets on assignment. Space Between Us, Bombay Time, and the memoir First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian

Vaishnavi Patel's debut is a captivating retelling of the Indian epic Ramayana, with immersive details In Vaishnavi Patel's debut novel, Kaikeyi, the author reimagines the life of a fabled queen from the Indian Patel's immersive detail of Indian fabrics, landscapes, and sights and sounds kept me enthralled.

wealth, ruthless business deals, class divides, violence, and political corruption in contemporary India India's capital city serves as an important main character here, and in Age of Vice, New Delhi's cacophony Click here to find my Bossy reviews of other novels set in India.

In contemporary India, Jivan, a young Muslim girl, becomes tangentially entangled with the wrong people

is an appealingly cozy and old-fashioned mystery, with the flavors, sights, and sounds of colonial India March's 400-page book is an immersive story, with the flavors, sights, and sounds of colonial India underlying He is able to use his knowledge of different castes, British and Indian political machinations, and society

Dancing by Mira Jacob When practical surgeon Thomas begins speaking aloud and at length to his long-dead Indian In The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing, Jacob alternates between the past and present, India and Seattle

India Allwood always knew she wanted to act. India generally keeps her strong opinions to herself (or shares them with her two kids or trusted agent Her precocious ten-year-old kids secretly reach out to family for help--but even India doesn't realize

Libro.fm audiobook of The Dream Builders, Oindrila Mukherjee's story of the intersection of old and new India Harper novel so far. 02 The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India booming city full of malls and the promise that all will be newer, bigger, shinier, and better than India

with classism, money, and control, the living in the attic, the stern headmistress, and the links to India Raine was a wealthy orphan--one of two daughters born to a white British father and an Indian mother, who were committed but unmarried--sent from India to England at age 6.

Chakrabarti Chakrabarti's A Play for the End of the World takes place in 1970s New York and in rural India When Jaryk learns that his father has been killed under mysterious circumstances in India, he travels

reading Honor, Thrity Umrigar's story of love, loyalty, oppressive tradition, and hope for change in India 01 Honor by Thrity Umrigar In Thrity Umrigar's Honor, Indian-American journalist Smita has reluctantly returned to India. Meanwhile, Smita is drawn to an Indian man she meets on assignment.

Chakrabarti's A Play for the End of the World takes place in 1970s New York and in rural India, with Misha from his childhood World War II-era orphanage has died under mysterious circumstances while in India He becomes drawn into a bare-bones yet complicated Indian production of a play--the same play his orphanage Misha-Jaryk friendship was fantastic, and Chakrabarti's writing--about New York's bustle, small-town Indian You might also like some of the other books with Indian settings I've reviewed on this Bossy site. 06

Raine was a wealthy orphan sent from India to England at age 6 and grew up in the cold, strict Manor

wealth, ruthless business deals, class divides, violence, and political corruption in contemporary India

backbone of the collection is the title piece, "Festival Days," which centers around a trip through India

In her memoir They Called Us Exceptional, Prachi Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents

backbone of the collection is the title piece, "Festival Days," which centers around a trip through India

In contemporary India, Jivan, a young Muslim girl, becomes tangentially entangled with the wrong people

Dancing by Mira Jacob When practical surgeon Thomas begins speaking aloud and at length to his long-dead Indian In The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing, Jacob alternates between the past and present, India and Seattle

This is an immersive story, with the flavors, sights, and sounds of colonial India underlying all of I adore the colonial Indian setting and the emotionally closed off but exceptionally kind and wise main

Raine was a wealthy orphan--one of two daughters born to a white British father and an Indian mother, who were committed but unmarried--sent from India to England at age 6.

Raine was a wealthy orphan--one of two daughters born to a white British father and an Indian mother, who were committed but unmarried--sent from India to England at age 6.

backbone of the collection is the title piece, "Festival Days," which centers around a trip through India

March's 400-page book is an immersive story, with the flavors, sights, and sounds of colonial India underlying He is able to use his knowledge of different castes, British and Indian political machinations, and society

backbone of the collection is the title piece, "Festival Days," which centers around a trip through India

relentless mission of destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian first time in its history, the Union now found itself unable to deal with the handful of remaining Indian The greatest threat of all to [American Indians'] identity, and to the very idea of a nomadic hunter There was no such thing as a horse Indian without a buffalo herd. Such an Indian had no identity at all.

It details the goings-on at an Indian Training School and the "restructuring" that cut off many American Indians from their culture, their families, and their history and traditions.

novel, The Future, to be published tomorrow; I'm listening to Prachi Gupta's memoir about growing up Indian In her memoir, Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents' expectations, society's pressures

It details the goings-on at an Indian Training School and the "restructuring" that cut off American Indians

hopes and deep connection to the stark mountains, and a sometimes-scathing social commentary related to Indians

At the Lincoln Indian Training School in Minnesota, young American Indians taken from their families

Richard is a powerful, vindictive, greedy third wheel (who, like Nathaniel, is white and has deep Indian

Soto Is Back. 04 Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel Vaishnavi Patel's debut is a captivating retelling of the Indian In Vaishnavi Patel's debut novel Kaikeyi, the author reimagines the life of a fabled queen from the Indian Patel's immersive detail of Indian fabrics, landscapes, and sights and sounds kept me enthralled.

It was the most Indian thing I'd ever heard.

Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something

At the Lincoln Indian Training School in Minnesota, Indian orphans (plus Odie and Albert) spend their

In Vaishnavi Patel's debut novel, Kaikeyi, the author reimagines the life of a fabled queen from the Indian

relentless mission of destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian first time in its history, the Union now found itself unable to deal with the handful of remaining Indian

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian

uninformed eastern urban white men’s ideas and outrageously rigid ideas meant to “civilize” western Indians out fundamental differences in white and Native American life views are gracefully explored; white-Indian and humor are imagined; and the tragic and multilayered reasons for the undoing of any hope of white-Indian

into others' views also felt fitting; Nović highlights the way in which ASL gracefully allows for the indication

including Western justice and on-the-fly policing; varied and horrific atrocities committed against Indians

Fay-ruh's inability to set straight her obnoxious and ungrateful family (this feels like a weakness, not an indication nuances that were evident to me as a reader; and Maas's frequently used "I didn't feel up to painting" indicator

threatened political influencers in order to protect the company's profits; and ignored the many known indications

At least, that's what the clues left behind seem to indicate.

The book ends with indications that the fight for justice and the push to right wrongs is far from over

uninformed eastern urban white men’s ideas and outrageously rigid ideas meant to “civilize” western Indians are gradually undone; complexities and brilliantly laid out fundamental differences in white and Indian life views are gracefully explored; white-Indian friendships fraught with potentially lethal misunderstanding and humor are imagined; and the tragic and multilayered reasons for the undoing of any hope of white-Indian