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Book Review: Indian Tango by Ananda Devi (Author) and Jean Anderson (Translator)

Introduction ·          ISBN – 978-0924047817 ·          Genre: Fiction ·          Publishers: Random House Publishing ·          Price: Rs. 209/- ( I got this book from the publisher for a review ) Translated from the French by Jean Anderson, INDIAN TANGO, published in French in 2007, is set in Delhi in 2004, against a background of monsoon rains and the general election that would see Sonia Gandhi briefly head a coalition government.   A visiting writer becomes obsessed by Subhadra, a woman glimpsed on the street, and as this unconventional relationship develops, the cost of pursuing passion and desire in a vibrant but deeply conservative society comes into sharp focus. A sometimes bitter, always moving meditation on the limitations placed on women's (and others') lives by convention builds in...