Uncertain Liaisons
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 Uncertain Liaisons |
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| Author | Shobha De Khushwant Singh |
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| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Essay |
| Publisher | Viking Books |
| Released | 1993 |
| Pages | 213 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-670-85322-4 |
Uncertain Liaisons; Sex, Strife and Togetherness in Urban India (ISBN 0-670-85322-4) is a book of essays edited by Shobha De and Khushwant Singh that focuses on sex in modern India and the Indian sexual revolution. It focuses on the rapidly changing attitudes and practices in sexual behavior in modern India as well as the chasm between practise and attitude in popular culture.
Contents and Contributors:
- Preface, Shobha De
- Introduction: Sex As Sedative, Shobha De
- Sex in the Time of Stress, Shobha De
- Rites of Passage, Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen
- The New Outcastes, Rinki Bhattacharya
- Survivors: Changing Attitudes to Divorce Among Woman in India, Indira Jaising
- Common Sexual Disorders, Prakash Kothari
- A Village Idyll, Mulk Raj Anand
- Desire . . . To Paint, M. F. Husain
- Sex in Indian Cinema: Only Bad People Do It, Mahesh Bhatt
- A Perfect pair of Breasts, Frank Simoes
- The Contract of Silence, Ashok Row Kavi
- Behind the Veil: Thoughts on Adolescent Sexuality, Puru P. Das
- The Indian Woman, Khushwant Singh
- Conclusion, Khushwant Singh and Shobha De
- Notes on the Contributors, Khushwant Singh and Shobha De
The writers were chosen for their expertise in their respective fields and consist of personal essays on suqbjects that vary from adolescent sexuality and homosexuality to divorce and sex in Bollywood Cinema as well as the seemingly unsatisfactory nature of much of the sexual activity that takes place within Indian marriages today.
| Shobha Dé |
| Socialite Evenings • Starry Nights • Shooting From the Hip • Sultry Days • Sisters • Small Betrayals • Second Thoughts • Selective Memory • Speedpost • Surviving Men • Strange Obsession • Snapshots • Spouse: The Truth About Marriage • Uncertain Liaisons • The Sexes • Swabhimaan • Stardust |
