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 inIndependent (London, England : 1986) pp. 35 - 37
Main Author Roy, Sandip
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.02.2015
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Abstract 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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