Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but …

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