Gita Mehta offers the reader, through a series of commentaries condensed into chapters, a view into India's idiosyncracies, history, and practices.
Best read as a collection of essays on related themes, not a progressive essay in parts. Mehta's classic is still highly relevant, though perhaps less startling than it would have been on publication 30 years ago. Her primary topic is the atomizing and commodification of culture, illustrated by exam...