Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India (Hardcover) by Miranda Kennedy

from brangwinn

you've been to India on a tour, you' have probably come home with more questions than answers. Kennedy, who lived in Delhi as a free-lance reporter for NPR, shares her experiences. What it's like living in a "normal" Delhi neighborhood as a single woman is quite different than her experience in N...

from debnance

Miranda Kennedy spent five years in India, working as a reporter. Of all the quirkiness that is today's India, the most intriguing is the way women find husbands in this otherwise-quite-modern country; despite all the modern aspects of life that India has acquired, most women still find their spo...

from teckelvik

This was a better book than a lot of the "American abroad" memoirs I have read. First, Kennedy was an adult when she went to India. Second, she is very knowlegable about the country, the culture and the people. Third, she really made the effort to connect with people, and the stories she shares i...

from katie.funk

When I first stumbled across this book, I was expecting a one-country remix of the hugely popular Elizabeth Gilbert memoir Eat, Pray, Love. The subtitle "Life and Love in India" makes it sound a bit like another cliche rendition of the "American girl has heart broken, moves abroad, meets new peop...

from scootorian

Miranda Kennedy provides a look into a group of womens' lives over a period of several years in which Kennedy lived in India as a news correspondent. The title is just a snatch of information from the book that represents the conflict of women being out in the greater world and yet experience the...