They worked all around us, yet were ‘invisible’ to me, as if part of the stage props. These were the mehtars, among the lowest of the so-called ‘untouchables’. To my young eyes this seemed like the natural order of things. When my mother turned away, they quietly picked up the food and left. They brought their own utensils and placed them on the floor my mother served them while they stood apart. But unlike other domestic helpers, they were not served in our utensils, nor did the latrine cleaners expect to be. My mother often gave them dinner leftovers, and sometimes tea. She also brought along a couple of scrawny kids, who waited by the vegetable patch while their mother worked. As in most traditional homes, our squat toilet was near the rear door, across an open courtyard. This was the latrine cleaning woman, or her husband at times. Domestic helpers, such as a washerwoman and a dishwashing woman, entered our house via the front door-all except one, who came in via the rear door. Our 3-BR house had a small front lawn and a vegetable patch behind. My father worked as a textile engineer in a company town owned by the Birla Group, where we lived in a middle class residential quarter for the professional staff and their families. I grew up in the central Indian city of Gwalior until I left home for college. (This review won the top award in the 3 Quarks Daily 2011 Arts & Literature Contest. A review of a memoir by an ‘untouchable’ starting in the 1950s in rural Uttar Pradesh.
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Strict and emotionally unsupportive "tiger parenting" isn't common among Chinese-American parents and isn't the formula for high-achieving child prodigies, finds research published in a special issue of APA's Asian American Journal of Psychology on "Tiger Parenting, Asian-Heritage Families, and Child/Adolescent Well-Being." The problem with the book is that it is something more than A book, or tries to be, and so for me ends up being something less than one. How and why it proves to be pivotal is one of the unanswered challenges. It is the year in which most of the action of the book takes place, but obviously it's way in our future, and parts of the book look back on it from some undetermined distance beyond. Publishers Weekly called it challenging and that's much nearer the mark.Ģ312 we are given to understand is / will be / was a pivotal year. Not for me anyway.įor a reader, as opposed to another writer, the book is much more difficult than that. And actually, the more I think about the less I do – actually – as such – disagree. So who am I to disagree with one of the current masters of the genre? Intellectually engaged…intensely humane… exuberantly speculative was Iain M Banks' blurb for 2312. Summary: Genuine sci-fi enthusiasts are likely to appreciate this challenging work more than the average reader - which is a shame because there's a ripping good plot buried at its heart. The sparks from the wire caused Cole to fall over the boat into the freezing water. The story starts with Cole (the resident McGyver) fixing some wiring on the boat in the wee hours of the morning before clients arrive. The three men are best friends, and each different, but they have one thing in common….they are hot hot hot. We had Sam & Becca in the last book, and He’s So Fine belongs to Cole and Olivia. The last book of Lucky Harbor was the first book in this three book arc that concentrates on the three men who run a Charter Boat. He’s So Fine by Jill Shalvis is the 11 th book in her Lucky Harbor series. Will it bring her deeper into Cole’s heart, or will it be the end of Olivia’s days in little Lucky Harbor? He’s just not expecting that real trouble is about to come her way. In fact, he’d like to spend a lot more time skin-to-skin with Olivia. Suddenly she’s rushing into the surf, getting up close and personal with the hottest guy she’s ever laid hands on.Ĭharter boat captain Cole Donovan has no problem with a gorgeous woman throwing her arms around his neck in an effort to “save” him. Olivia does a good job of keeping her past buried, not getting too cozy with anyone. It’s the place where folks are friendly to strangers-and nobody knows her real name. Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / The Book Depository / BAMįor Olivia Bentley, Lucky Harbor is more than the town where she runs her new vintage shop. |