For the avid readers and book lovers, awaiting a new book release will find in here their soothing tonic as here I have taken few of my picks from the new released books and I am going to present you with them. Both of these two novels share the same subject India and the two of them are portraying different issues of the country and presenting the different aspects of this religious and cultural province with hidden truths. The digital age has provided readers a new dimension to reach out for new releases, which is not only a treat for readers but also a publisher. The mentioned books are by the great Indian authors who have well tried to showcase the different aspects and issues of the Indian society.
India in Love Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century Book Description by Ira Trivedi
The novel India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century by Ira Trivedi is a revolutionary book, portraying the sexual transformation phase in the urban India. The author has travelled traveled all across the country from north to south in order to discover the changing sexual mores, marriage and love in the 21st century. The book reveals the mating habits of the 21st century young Indians in college campuses and offices; scrutinizing the altering face of Indian pornography and prostitution. The book highlights the darker underside of sexual freedom hat today’s men and women have begun to accept and enjoy.
With her deep insight about the institution of society and marriage, she interviews marriage brokers, relationship counselors, 'love commandos', parents, astrologers, lawyers and nervous young brides and grooms, amongst others, in order to bring light to present a shaded picture of the state of marriage in the country. The book shows the high rise of divorces, extra-marital affairs, open marriages, live-in relationships and the like.
The novel is surely an eye-opening reportage with millions of interviews, detailed research and surveys, the author has penned this controversial novel with the elements of entertainment and originality.
Courtesans, Bar Girls and Dancing Boys: The Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance Book Description by Anna Morcom
The novel has been penned by Anna Morcom has shown a different shade of woman’s life during the 1930’s. It has shown the bondages in which no woman was allowed to perform in public in order to retain their respectability in India. It was a time when professional female performers were courtesans and dancing girls were powerful figures in social and cultural life but were confined of marriage. With the end of the 19th century the society witnessed a change in the status, livelihood and identity of these performers was diminished and these performers actually involved in sexual transactions and sexualized performances. In the meantime, the upper caste women took control of the classical performing arts and the century showed craze, Anna Morcom investigates the emergence of illicit worlds.
Read out these new releases throwing limelight into the aspects of Indian society and the change which has occurred in the two given centuries. The above mentioned books are some of my picks, which are a must read.
India in Love Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century Book Description by Ira Trivedi
The novel India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century by Ira Trivedi is a revolutionary book, portraying the sexual transformation phase in the urban India. The author has travelled traveled all across the country from north to south in order to discover the changing sexual mores, marriage and love in the 21st century. The book reveals the mating habits of the 21st century young Indians in college campuses and offices; scrutinizing the altering face of Indian pornography and prostitution. The book highlights the darker underside of sexual freedom hat today’s men and women have begun to accept and enjoy.
With her deep insight about the institution of society and marriage, she interviews marriage brokers, relationship counselors, 'love commandos', parents, astrologers, lawyers and nervous young brides and grooms, amongst others, in order to bring light to present a shaded picture of the state of marriage in the country. The book shows the high rise of divorces, extra-marital affairs, open marriages, live-in relationships and the like.
The novel is surely an eye-opening reportage with millions of interviews, detailed research and surveys, the author has penned this controversial novel with the elements of entertainment and originality.
Courtesans, Bar Girls and Dancing Boys: The Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance Book Description by Anna Morcom
The novel has been penned by Anna Morcom has shown a different shade of woman’s life during the 1930’s. It has shown the bondages in which no woman was allowed to perform in public in order to retain their respectability in India. It was a time when professional female performers were courtesans and dancing girls were powerful figures in social and cultural life but were confined of marriage. With the end of the 19th century the society witnessed a change in the status, livelihood and identity of these performers was diminished and these performers actually involved in sexual transactions and sexualized performances. In the meantime, the upper caste women took control of the classical performing arts and the century showed craze, Anna Morcom investigates the emergence of illicit worlds.
Read out these new releases throwing limelight into the aspects of Indian society and the change which has occurred in the two given centuries. The above mentioned books are some of my picks, which are a must read.
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