![]() ![]() Beautiful Thing is, quite simply, one of the finest books on Bombay ever written. As Ive mentioned before, Im interested in reading more nonfiction by non-US/UK authors, so when I saw Beautiful Thing by Indian journalist Sonia Faleiro. ![]() Journalist Sonia Faleiro followed Leela before. ![]() “Useless to describe the pathos and singular power of this book. When the dance bars in the city are banned, the young woman and her friends find their worlds slowly giving way. She manages to evoke shock, rage and laughter…this book is a moving testament to the girls like. “A gripping and intimate portrayal of the lives of the women who work in that industry. But its most outstanding quality to my eye is the window it offers on the widespread sexual repression that exists in India today, and the murky middle-class morality that rules it … The real triumph of Beautiful Thing is how Faleiro dismantles the grand tradition of marriage in India, exposing it for what it is - a form of slavery for a large percentage of women who are bound to their husbands for food and the roofs over their heads, but rarely ever for love.” “A riveting exposé … For a book that’s so short, Faleiro manages to pack a lot in: pimps, gangsters, transvestites, cops and madams. ![]()
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