Uncertain Liaisons

Uncertain Liaisons; [...], Strife and Togetherness in Urban India (ISBN 0-670-85322-4) is a book of essays edited by Shobha De and Khushwant Singh that focuses on [...] in modern India and the Indian [...] revolution. It focuses on the rapidly changing attitudes and practices in [...] behavior in modern India as well as the chasm between practice and attitude in popular culture.

Contents and Contributors:

• Preface, Shobha De
• Introduction: [...] As Sedative, Shobha De
• [...] in the Time of Stress, Shobha De
• Rites of Passage, Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen
• The New Outcastes, Rinki Bhattacharya
• Survivors: Changing Attitudes to Divorce Among Woman in India, Indira Jaising
• Common [...] Disorders, Prakash Kothari
• A Village Idyll, Mulk Raj Anand
• Desire . . . To Paint, M. F. Husain
• [...] in Indian Cinema: Only Bad People Do It, Mahesh Bhatt
• A Perfect pair of Breasts, Frank Simoes
• The Contract of Silence, Ashok Row Kavi
• Behind the Veil: Thoughts on Adolescent Sexuality, Puru P. Das
• The Indian Woman, Khushwant Singh
• Conclusion, Khushwant Singh and Shobha De
• Notes on the Contributors, Khushwant Singh and Shobha De

The writers were chosen for their expertise in their respective fields and consist of personal essays on subjects that vary from adolescent sexuality and homosexuality to divorce and [...] in Bollywood Cinema as well as the seemingly unsatisfactory nature of much of the [...] activity that takes place within Indian marriages today.