Oh, Kolkata
The author, whose book is "Don't Let Him Know", reports from India and the changing way in which returnees from the West are regarded. Formerly, anyone who had left India and then returned became a minor celebrity, and Western goods were similarly preferred to native ones; but in post...
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| Published in | Independent (London, England : 1986) pp. 35 - 37 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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06.02.2015
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The author, whose book is "Don't Let Him Know", reports from India and the changing way in which returnees from the West are regarded. Formerly, anyone who had left India and then returned became a minor celebrity, and Western goods were similarly preferred to native ones; but in post-socialist India travel abroad is affordable, far more goods are available in the country itself, and luxury imports like whisky are commonplace. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
| ISSN: | 0951-9467 |