Crossword
Home | Login | my cart | My Account | Gift Card Balance | Track Your Order | my WishList | customer care
Search
  • Categories
    • Books
      • Books

        Fiction

        • Classics
        • Crime, Mystery & Thrillers
        • General And Literary
        • Graphic Novel
        • Historical Fiction
        • Mythological Fiction
        • Poetry
        • Quick Reads Fiction
        • Romance
        • Young Adult Crime And Mystery
        • Young Adult Fiction
        • Young Adult Romance

        Non Fiction

        • Biographies And Autobiographies
        • Current Affairs
        • Family And Health
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • General Reference
        • India
        • Marketing And Advertising
        • Parenting And Childcare
        • Religion & Mythology
        • Self Help
        • Sports

        Children's Books

        • Activity And Puzzles
        • Colouring Book
        • Comics
        • Early Learning
        • Fairy Tales And Fables
        • Picture Books
        Fault in our Stars

    • Toys & Games
      • Toys

        Categories

        • Action Toys
        • Activity & Games
        • Dolls
        • Dolls & Accessories
        • Infant, Preschool & Toddlers
        • Soft Toys
        • Vehicles
        • Art & Craft Sets

        Top Brands

        • Funskool
        • Hasbro
        • Hot Wheels
        • Lego
        • Mattel
        • Nerf
        • Reliance
        Crossword - Toy of the Week

    • Stationery
      • Stationery

        Categories

        • Art & Craft
        • Children's Accessories
        • Writing Instruments
        • Notebook & Writing Pads
        • Writing Accessories

        Top Brands

        • Cross
        • Classmate
        • Doms
        • Doodle
        • Kokuyo Camlin
        • Luxor
        • Sheaffer
        • Smily Kiddos
        • Strings
        • William Penn
        Smily Kiddos

    • Gifts
      • Gifts

        Categories

        • Hobbies & Activity Sets
        • Children's Accessories
        • Women Fashion Accessories

        Top Brands

        • All Things Sundar
        • Hamster London
        • Hinkler
        • Igloo Books
        • Parragon Books

    • Accessories
      • Accessories

        Categories

        • Travel Accessories
        • Mobile Accessories
        • Music Accessories
        • Music Players
        • Keychains

        Top Brands

        • Hamster London
        • Pebble
        • Saregama Carvaan
        • Skullcandy
        • Travel Blue
        • UltraProlink
        Travel Blue Mask

  • Books
  • Toys
  • Stationery
  • Gifts
  • Accessories
  • The Write Place
Home
>
Books
>
Non Fiction
>
Social Studies
  • Brideless In Wembley
Tweet

Brideless In Wembley

By Sanjay Suri (Author)
Write a Review
Rs.495
Rs.495

Brideless In Wembley
INR
200041988
Out Of Stock
495.0
Rs.495
SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT
Check for shipping pincode

  • Free Shipping in India for orders above Rs. 500
  • For orders below Rs. 500, shipping charge of Rs. 50.
  • This product ships in India

Description

???The way Indians were being Indian, someone had to take notes,' explains Sanjay Suri, whose wanderings through the Indian corridors of England began quite unceremoniously with his rather unsuccessful search for a wife at a marriage mela in Wembley. Although years of curious probing failed to produce an ???Indian story', Suri's encounters with an extraordinary variety of Indian lives enabled him to unearth a treasure trove of tales. So we hear of Dhanjibhai, whose vigorous nods to a customs official at the Karachi airport in 1956 eventually got him and his companions their first jobs in England in the textile mills of J.W. Bastard & Co.; of a thread-and-buttons retailer promoting a new religion to counter caste walls that remain firmly in place 4000 miles from home; and of the Punjabi agony aunt who engages in startlingly candid exchanges with Southall Singhs, counselling them on, among other things, the matter of size. As Suri, armed with the objectivity of a seasoned reporter yet intimately involved with his own kind, steps right into the thick of things, we also catch him participating in a unique protest march led by ???Ram', ???Krishna' and ???Hanuman' down Kingsway; attending a ???secret' public meeting ostensibly arranged to champion the evergreen Kashmir cause; and playing appreciative audience to a group of seven-year-olds belting out jhatkas at their weekly Bollywood dance class. ??? A spirited revelation of the exuberant mosaic of life in post-immigration Britain ??? A people's search for an anchor in the alien land they have made their home. ???The way Indians were being Indian, someone had to take notes,' explains Sanjay Suri, whose wanderings through the Indian corridors of England began quite unceremoniously with his rather unsuccessful search for a wife at a marriage mela in Wembley. Although years of curious probing failed to produce an ???Indian story', Suri's encounters with an extraordinary variety of Indian lives enabled him to unearth a treasure trove of tales. So we hear of Dhanjibhai, whose vigorous nods to a customs official at the Karachi airport in 1956 eventually got him and his companions their first jobs in England in the textile mills of J.W. Bastard & Co.; of a thread-and-buttons retailer promoting a new religion to counter caste walls that remain firmly in place 4000 miles from home; and of the Punjabi agony aunt who engages in startlingly candid exchanges with Southall Singhs, counselling them on, among other things, the matter of size. As Suri, armed with the objectivity of a seasoned reporter yet intimately involved with his own kind, steps right into the thick of things, we also catch him participating in a unique protest march led by ???Ram', ???Krishna' and ???Hanuman' down Kingsway; attending a ???secret' public meeting ostensibly arranged to champion the evergreen Kashmir cause; and playing appreciative audience to a group of seven-year-olds belting out jhatkas at their weekly Bollywood dance class. ??? A spirited revelation of the exuberant mosaic of life in post-immigration Britain ??? A people's search for an anchor in the alien land they have made their home.

Features

  • : Brideless In Wembley
  • : Sanjay Suri
  • : Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd
  • : 0670058778
  • : 9780670058778
  • : Paperback
  • : English

You may also be interested in

  • Speak A Boo By Dr Neeraj Suri Rs.299
    {"price":"299.00","category":"Parenting And Childcare","name":"Speak- A- Boo","id":"1341200-1880273171"} { "name": "Speak- A- Boo", "id": "300140730", "price": "299.00", "brand": "", "category": "", "variant": "", "list": "", "position": "" } { "name": "Speak- A- Boo", "id": "300140730", "category": "", "brand": "", "variant": "", "position": "", "price": "299.00" }
  • Business Management By Sanjay Shah Rs.499
    {"price":"499.00","category":"Marketing And Advertising","name":"Business Management","id":"1341200-28046104035"} { "name": "Business Management", "id": "200712753", "price": "499.00", "brand": "", "category": "", "variant": "", "list": "", "position": "" } { "name": "Business Management", "id": "200712753", "category": "", "brand": "", "variant": "", "position": "", "price": "499.00" }
  • Krishna Gopeshvara: The Truth Of Vrishnis By Sanjay Dixit Rs.399
    {"price":"399.00","category":"Mythological Fiction","name":"Krishna Gopeshvara: The Truth Of Vrishnis","id":"1341200-74773816461"} { "name": "Krishna Gopeshvara: The Truth Of Vrishnis", "id": "200715815", "price": "399.00", "brand": "", "category": "", "variant": "", "list": "", "position": "" } { "name": "Krishna Gopeshvara: The Truth Of Vrishnis", "id": "200715815", "category": "", "brand": "", "variant": "", "position": "", "price": "399.00" }
  • Krishna Yogeshvara By Sanjay Dixit Rs.499
    {"price":"499.00","category":"Historical Fiction","name":"Krishna Yogeshvara","id":"1341200-52829143749"} { "name": "Krishna Yogeshvara", "id": "290001431", "price": "499.00", "brand": "", "category": "", "variant": "", "list": "", "position": "" } { "name": "Krishna Yogeshvara", "id": "290001431", "category": "", "brand": "", "variant": "", "position": "", "price": "499.00" }

Reviews

Be the first one to review this product

Write a Review

Discussion:Brideless In Wembley

Be the first to start a discussion Start a new discussion

Browse all Discussions on Books

Shop with Confidence

  • Secure Shopping
  • Customer Care
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Shipping Policy
  • Returns Policy
  • Payment Option
  • Delivery Area
  • How to Shop
  • Shoppers Stop

About us

  • About us
  • Our Directors
  • Crossword Book Award
  • Advertise with us
  • Crossword Stores
  • Crossword Franchisee
  • Help / FAQ
  • Contact Us
  • Feedback

My Account

  • My Account
  • My Orders
  • My Shopping Cart
  • My Wish List

Payment Options

Credit Card

Net Banking (All Major Indian Banks)

Debit Card

Cash on Delivery

Crossword Gift Cards

Follow Us On

Facebook Twitter Instagram

© 2010-2018 Crossword Bookstores Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by infibeam