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　When twentysomething reporter Miranda Kennedy leaves her

job in New York City and travels to India with no employment

prospects, she longs to immerse herself in the turmoil and

excitement of a rapidly developing country. What she quickly learns

in Delhi about renting an apartment as a single woman—it’s next to

impossible—and the proper way for women in India to ride

scooters—perched sideways—are early signs that life here is less

Westernized than she’d counted on.

　Living in Delhi for more than five years, and finding a

city pulsing with possibility and hope, Kennedy experiences

friendships, love affairs, and losses that open a window onto the

opaque world of Indian politics and culture—and alter her own

attitudes about everything from food and clothes to marriage and

family. Along the way, Kennedy is drawn into the lives of several

Indian women, including her charismatic friend Geeta—a

self-described “modern girl” who attempts to squeeze herself into

the traditional role of wife and mother; Radha, a proud Brahmin

widow who denies herself simple pleasures in order to live by

high-caste Hindu principles; and Parvati, who defiantly

chain-smokes and drinks whiskey, yet feels compelled to keep her

boyfriend a secret from her family.

　In her effort to understand the hopes and dreams that

motivate her new friends, Kennedy peels back India’s globalized

image as a land of call centers and fast-food chains and finds an

ancient place where, in many ways, women’s lives have scarcely

changed for centuries. Incisive, witty, and written with a keen eye

for the lush vibrancy of the country that Kennedy comes to love,

Sideways on a Scooter is both a remarkable memoir and a cultural

revelation.

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　　Miranda Kennedy was a New Delhi–based correspondent for

American Public Media’s Marketplace and National Public Radio for

five years. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The

Boston Globe, and The Nation, and on Slate. Before moving to India,

Kennedy worked as a magazine editor and a public radio reporter in

New York, where she covered, among other things, the September 11

attacks. She moved to Washington, D.C., to work as an editor at

National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, and returns frequently to

India.

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