India: On Butterchicken in Ludhiana
India
Chandrahas is impressed with Pankaj Mishra's book - Butterchicken in Ludhiana. “Reading it this week for the first time, I was struck both by the smoothness of its style - it is a book without any dull bits, and the language has a full, rich flavour - and the strength of its argument, often more implied than asserted from the picture of small-town Indian life it offers.”

















































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