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In the 1970s, Maura Moynihan moved to New Delhi with her mother and father, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who at the time was U.S. ambassador to India. She wasfascinated by the country's contradictions: ancient religions amid urban chaos, the staggering disparity between rich and poor, and Indian familial tradition and the lure of Western novelty.

From three decades of deeply sympathetic observation came the inspiration for these stories, in which the characters' beliefs are challenged as they interact with those outside their culture. British and American expatriates mingle with Indian friends, colleagues, and servants, and the stories follow the change, or failure to change, that results. Hari, a young Indian servant, hopes for his amiable British boss's help in escaping a prearranged wedding. An American embassy worker named Melanie becomes disillusioned when her married lover uses her to get a visa. At a Himalayan retreat, a wealthy group gathers to seek spiritual enlightenment, but their altruism is tested when they are asked to buy dowries for a poor Indian family.

Through witty dialogue and engaging scenes, Moynihan examines how both easterners and westerners struggle for dignity. Replete with humor and poignancy, Yoga Hotel is a stunning literary debut from a writer who understands the complexity and universality of human hopes, fears, and desires.

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Title of ebook: Yoga Hotel
ISBN: 9780061913389
parent-ISBN: 9780060559328
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Internet download file size: 520 kb
Pages: 304
Published: 05-2009
Released online for download: 04-21-2009
Author of eBook: Moynihan, Maura

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Chapter One

A Good Job in Delhi

The house where Hari worked was in the center of New Delhi, near a lot of government bungalows and embassy residences. Hari got the job through his fattier's cousin whose son-in-law was the driver. Every day Hari dusted the shelves, washed the floor, arranged whatever papers had accumulated on the tables. There wasn't much to do; his employers, the Calloways, never had parties. Hari had initially looked forward to wearing a white suit and proffering drinks on a silver tray, as did his cousin Ranjit who worked for the French consul general, but that never happened. Once in a great while two or three people came for dinner or drinks, and when they did the Calloways paid no attention to the servants' clothes.

Mrs. Calloway was a journalist for an English newspaper. She preferred Pakistan. She said people in Lahore gave better parties and "didn't talk from both sides of their mouths." Hari couldn't figure out what the husband did; he told dinner guests he was writing a book about the Punjab, but he never went up to the library, ... read full excerpt from Yoga Hotel ebook

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