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The Sari Shop
The Sari Shop
Author: Rupa Bajwa
Ramchand, a shop assistant in Sevak Sari House in Amritsar, spends his days patiently showing yards of fabric to the women of "status families" and to the giggling girls who dream of dressing up in silk but can only afford cotton. — When Ramchand is sent to a new part of the city to show wares to a wealthy family preparing for their dau...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393059229
ISBN-10: 0393059227
Publication Date: 6/2004
Pages: 224
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This book gave a lot of insight into Indian culture, especially surrounding wedding ceremony and family participation. The ending was unsettling, I thought, but maybe that was the author's purpose, to make the reader think.


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