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'"From the age of fourteen, I was aware my parents expected me to have an arranged marriage, a big Bollywood wedding. There was just one hitch: nobody asked me."
'Sushi Das grew up in 1970s London - a culturally messed-up time. Feminists were telling women they could be whatever they wanted, skinheads were yelling at foreigners to go home and punk music was urging revolt.
'Amid the social upheaval, Sushi was trapped by Indian tradition - and a looming arranged marriage she would do almost anything to avoid. But how do you turn your back on centuries of tradition without trashing your family's honour? How do you escape your parents' stranglehold without casting off their embrace? And how do you explain to your strict dad why there's a boy smoking in his living room and another one lurking in the garden?
Breaking free meant migrating to the other side of the world, only to find life in Australia was just as culturally confusing.
'This insightful, often hilarious memoir lifts the curtain on one of the oldest traditions of Eastern culture - a custom which aims to join two families in economic prosperity, though the reality is not always so blissful.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Book Review : Deranged Marriage : A Memoir
2014
single work
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 6 no. 2 2014;
— Review of Deranged Marriage 2012 single work autobiography -
Relative Values
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 December 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of Deranged Marriage 2012 single work autobiography
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Relative Values
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 December 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of Deranged Marriage 2012 single work autobiography -
Book Review : Deranged Marriage : A Memoir
2014
single work
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 6 no. 2 2014;
— Review of Deranged Marriage 2012 single work autobiography
Last amended 10 Dec 2012 14:45:44
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cAustralia,c
- 1900-1999
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