Santosh Desai

Name: Mother Pious Lady

Publisher Name: Harper Collins

Genre: Society and Culture

Description:

A big book about the small things that really matter. Mother Pious Lady is, on one level, a collection of short, hugely enjoyable essays about the quirks and foibles of Indian life. But on another, deeper, level, it’s an encyclopedia of typically Indian insights which make you say: Yes, I now understand why it is the way it is, for the very first time. The book is a treasure-trove of insights on India, which coalesce at some higher level into a kind of over-arching definition of Indian-ness itself.

 “Full of brilliant and insightful observations. This is a fine and enjoyable study of the Indian middle class…”- Nandan Nilekani.

 “This is a rare and captivating book, wise and witty, on the inner lives of middle-class Indians. Desai both enlightens and entertains.”- Sudhir Kakar.