The Milk Lady of Bangalore

The Milk Lady of Bangalore
Author: Shoba Narayan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2018-01-23
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1616207612

The elevator door opens. A cow stands inside, angled diagonally to fit. It doesn’t look uncomfortable, merely impatient. “It is for the housewarming ceremony on the third floor,” explains the woman who stands behind the cow, holding it loosely with a rope. She has the sheepish look of a person caught in a strange situation who is trying to act as normal as possible. She introduces herself as Sarala and smiles reassuringly. The door closes. I shake my head and suppress a grin. It is good to be back. When Shoba Narayan—who has just returned to India with her husband and two daughters after years in the United States—asks whether said cow might bless her apartment next, it is the beginning of a beautiful friendship between our author and Sarala, who also sells fresh milk right across the street from that thoroughly modern apartment building. The two women connect over not only cows but also family, food, and life. When Shoba agrees to buy Sarala a new cow, they set off looking for just the right heifer, and what was at first a simple economic transaction becomes something much deeper, though never without a hint of slapstick. The Milk Lady of Bangalore immerses us in the culture, customs, myths, religion, sights, and sounds of a city in which the twenty-first century and the ancient past coexist like nowhere else in the world. It’s a true story of bridging divides, of understanding other ways of looking at the world, and of human connections and animal connections, and it’s an irresistible adventure of two strong women and the animals they love.

The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk

The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk
Author: Sudha Murthy
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2013-05-15
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9351180557

Indians believe that you must serve your guests well, for they come to your house in the form of god. This is the exact mentality Sudha Murty’s hosts have when she goes to volunteer in a small village in Odisha. Because of the heavy rain, Murty decides to take shelter in one of the villagers’ hut—already low on supplies, what are the hosts ready to give up in order to serve their guest? Murty delves into the great extent hosts are willing to go to in order to please their guests. Read more to see what Sudha learns about the Indian values.

Monsoon Diary

Monsoon Diary
Author: Shoba Narayan
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2004
Genre:
ISBN: 9780143031871

A Fascinating Food Narrative That Weaves Delectable Indian Recipes With Tales From The Author'S Life In This Creative And Intimate Work, Narayan Matches Her Considerable Vegetarian Cooking Talents With Delicious Accounts Of Her Childhood In South India, Her College Days In America, Her Arranged Marriage, And Visits From Her Parents And In-Laws To Her Home In New York City. In Doing So, She Illumines Indian Customs While Commenting On American Culture From The Vantage Point Of The Sympathetic Outsider. In Stories As Varied As Indian Spices At Times Pungent, Mellow, Piquant And Sweet We Get To Meet Characters Like Raju, The Milkman Who Named His Cows After His Wives; The Iron-Man Who Daily Set Up Shop In Narayan'S Front Yard, Picking Up Red-Hot Coals With His Bare Hands; Her Mercurial Grandparents And Inventive Parents, Who, Like Narayan, Have A Thing Or Two To Say About Cooking And About Life. And, Tantalizing Recipes For Potato Masala, Dosa And Coconut Chutney, Among Others, Emerge From Her Absorbing Tales About Food And The Solemn And Quirky Customs That Surround It.

Return to India

Return to India
Author: Shoba Narayan
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2012
Genre: East Indian American women
ISBN: 9788129119285

Memoirs of an East Indian immigrant.

The Bangalore Detectives Club

The Bangalore Detectives Club
Author: Harini Nagendra
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 163936160X

The first in a charming, joyful crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. Perfect for fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. When clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry handsome young doctor Ramu, she's resigned herself to a quiet life. But that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club, where she escapes to the garden for some peace and quiet—and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into a murder scene. When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the killer, tracing his steps from an illustrious brothel to an Englishman's mansion. She soon finds that sleuthing in a sari isn't as hard as it seems when you have a talent for mathematics, a head for logic, and a doctor for a husband . . . And she's going to need them all as the case leads her deeper into a hotbed of danger, sedition, and intrigue in Bangalore's darkest alleyways.

The Cows of Bangalore

The Cows of Bangalore
Author: Shoba Narayan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 819335527X

When the author Shoba moves back to Bangalore from Manhattan with her family, she befriends the woman she buys fresh milk from every day. Over time the two—from vastly different backgrounds—bond over not only cows but also family, food, and life. When Shoba agrees to buy the woman a new cow (why not, she needs one and Shoba can afford it), they set out looking for just the right candidate. What was at first a simple economic transaction becomes much more complicated—though never without a hint of slapstick. When Shoba starts dreaming of cows, a little ayurvedic medicine is in order (cow urine tablets, anyone?). When Shoba offers her neighbours fresh cow’s milk, we learn about the uses of milk in our culture. When Shoba wants a cow to bless her house, the spiritual and historical role the animal plays in India is explored. And when the newly purchased cow has a male calf, Shoba must find it shelter. In this delightful true story, readers are treated to an insider’s of view of India and the special place cows hold here. Equally, The Cows of Bangalore offers a window into our universal connection with food and its sources, the intricacies of female friendship, and our relationship with all creatures great and small.

Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier

Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier
Author: Benjamin E. Park
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1631494872

Best Book Award • Mormon History Association A brilliant young historian excavates the brief life of a lost Mormon city, uncovering a “grand, underappreciated saga in American history” (Wall Street Journal). In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park draws on newly available sources to re-create the founding and destruction of the Mormon city of Nauvoo. On the banks of the Mississippi in Illinois, the early Mormons built a religious utopia, establishing their own army and writing their own constitution. For those offenses and others—including the introduction of polygamy, which was bitterly opposed by Emma Smith, the iron-willed first wife of Joseph Smith—the surrounding population violently ejected the Mormons, sending them on their flight to Utah. Throughout his absorbing chronicle, Park shows how the Mormons of Nauvoo were representative of their era, and in doing so elevates Mormon history into the American mainstream.

Food and Faith

Food and Faith
Author: Shoba Narayan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Faith
ISBN: 9789353579036

Where Did You Get This Number?

Where Did You Get This Number?
Author: Anthony Salvanto
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1501174851

CBS News’ Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we’re headed as a nation. As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it’s Anthony Salvanto’s job to understand you—what you think and how you vote. He’s the person behind so many of the poll numbers you see today, making the winner calls on election nights and surveying thousands of Americans. In Where Did You Get This Number? A Pollster’s Guide to Making Sense of the World, Salvanto takes readers on a fast-paced, eye-opening tour through the world of polling and elections and what they really show about America today, beyond the who's-up-who’s-down headlines and horse races. Salvanto is just the person to bring much-needed clarity in a time when divisions seem to run so deep. The language of polling may be numbers, but the stories it tells are about people. In this engaging insider’s account, Salvanto demystifies jargon with plain language and answers readers’ biggest questions about polling and pollsters. How can they talk to 1,000 people and know the country? How do they know the winner so fast? How do they decide what questions to ask? Why didn't they call you? Salvanto offers data-driven perspective on how Americans see the biggest issues of our time, from the surprising 2016 election, to the shocks of the financial crisis, the response to terrorism and the backlash against big money. He doesn’t shy away from pointing out what’s worked and what hasn’t. Salvanto takes readers inside the CBS newsroom on Election Night 2016 and makes readers rethink conventional wisdom and punditry just in time for the 2018 midterms. He shows who really decides elections and why you should think about a poll differently from the forecasts popularized by Nate Silver and others. Where Did You Get This Number? is an essential resource for anyone interested in politics—and how to better measure and understand patterns of human behavior. For any American who wants to get a better read on what America is thinking, this book shows you how to make sense of it all.

Girl In Room 105

Girl In Room 105
Author: Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2024-02-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9354899161

Hi, I'm Keshav, and my life is screwed. I hate my job and my girlfriend left me. Ah, the beautiful Zara. Zara is from Kashmir. She is a Muslim. And did I tell you my family is a bit, well, traditional? Anyway, leave that. Zara and I broke up four years ago. She moved on in life. I didn't. I drank every night to forget her. I called, messaged, and stalked her on social media. She just ignored me. However, that night, on the eve of her birthday, Zara messaged me. She called me over, like old times, to her hostel room 105. I shouldn't have gone, but I did... and my life changed forever. This is not a love story. It is an unlove story. From the author of Five Point Someone and 2 States, comes a fast-paced, funny and unputdownable thriller about obsessive love and finding purpose in life against the backdrop of contemporary India.