Butter Chicken in Ludhiana - by Pankaj Mishra (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, Pankaj Mishra captures an India which has shrugged off its sleepy, socialist air, and has become instead kitschy, clamorous and ostentatious. From a convent-educated beauty pageant aspirant to small shopkeepers planning their vacation in London, Pankaj Mishra paints a vivid picture of a people rushing headlong to their tryst with modernity. An absolute classic, this is a witty and insightful account of India's aspirational middle class.

About the Author

Pankaj Mishra is an essayist and novelist. His books include Age of Anger: A History of the Present, From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia, and the novels The Romantics and Run and Hide. He writes literary and political essays for Guardian, New Yorker and London Review of Books, among other American, British and Indian publications.

A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Mishra has received, among other prizes, Yale University's Windham-Campbell Literature Prize and Germany's prestigious Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding. His new book is The World After Gaza.