{"product_id":"butter-chicken-in-ludhiana","title":"Butter Chicken in Ludhiana","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Pankaj Mishra\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2006\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 273\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0330444123\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unusual travel book about small town in India, it is full of startling insights and wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years they were inconsequential little dots on the map; squalid, unremarkable places where one stopped briefly for petrol or a cheap meal.  Pankaj Mishra's travels, however, reveal a different truth.  Indian small towns, he discovers, have shed their sleepy, half-apologetic air; the aggressive ambition and self-confidence of their inhabitants have transformed them beyond recognition - so much so that they now threaten to upstage metropolitan India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn almost every town he travels to - from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh to Kottayam in Kerala - the author sees unmistakable signs of progress: palatial houses built in the worst tradition of kitsch; young businessmen with gold chains, Hawaiian shirts and Marutis; super markets and boutiques; MTV and indipop.  Overdressed guests at an ostentatious wedding in Hapur argue about whether the dowry paid was fifteen lakh rupees or twenty; three small-time businessmen from the bylanes of Kanpur, holidaying in Kanyakumari, plan a sight-seeing tour of London and worry about their English and their manner; a teenaged girl from Jhansi cultivates her spoilt-girl looks and dreams of making it big as a fashion model.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eButter Chicken is a brilliant debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Pankaj Mishra \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153702089072,"sku":"3666","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/5377.jpg?v=1793912865","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/butter-chicken-in-ludhiana","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}