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An Indian Attachment
Because of Sarah Lloyd's relationship with a placid, beautiful, opium-addicted Sikh, she spent two years in rural India, first in a remote mud-built Punjabi village, and then in the impoverished community of a dubious holy-man. Here she lived in a minute brick hut with living expenses of only 50 pence a day. This book is part travel book, part love story.
244 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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July 8, 2011
I realize I am in the minority with a 2 star rating. I wanted to like this book - really, I did. I did very much enjoy learning about Sikhs and India in general; however, I found myself constantly annoyed by the author's behavior.
Possible spoilers ahead:
Sarah knows very early on that she will not marry this young Sikh, but she lives with him and carries on so with him, misleading him. The families get involved, the friends. They were all misled. While I didn't care for that, I was dumbfounded that the author, an educated, independent woman from the west, would not only tolerate a man physically abusing her but she defended and accepted it. Wow! She also defends his opium habit, but, in fairness, she halfheartedly attempts to get him off the drug.
I don't know. Like I said, I liked the peek into rural Indian life, but the lack of integrity of the characters drove me nuts. Who do you root for in a book on unlikeable people?
Possible spoilers ahead:
Sarah knows very early on that she will not marry this young Sikh, but she lives with him and carries on so with him, misleading him. The families get involved, the friends. They were all misled. While I didn't care for that, I was dumbfounded that the author, an educated, independent woman from the west, would not only tolerate a man physically abusing her but she defended and accepted it. Wow! She also defends his opium habit, but, in fairness, she halfheartedly attempts to get him off the drug.
I don't know. Like I said, I liked the peek into rural Indian life, but the lack of integrity of the characters drove me nuts. Who do you root for in a book on unlikeable people?
February 23, 2020
There are things I like about this book: the peek into the lives of rural people in India (in particular the Sikhs), their rules, behaviors, living standards. Then there are things that I really didn't like. First of all, the way the book is written is painfully boring. It lists item after item after item.
But the one thing I really disliked is that the author, Sarah, completely, selfishly takes advantage of this Sikh man, Jungli, who is in love with her. She disrespects both him and his culture when goes to live with him in his village, ignoring all the cultural norms of his people. And the reason she does this, is to gather information for this book.
But the one thing I really disliked is that the author, Sarah, completely, selfishly takes advantage of this Sikh man, Jungli, who is in love with her. She disrespects both him and his culture when goes to live with him in his village, ignoring all the cultural norms of his people. And the reason she does this, is to gather information for this book.
November 10, 2015
Read about 20+ years ago, I can remember I somehow enjoyed it for this female report of a remote (at least for me) culture/part of the world she took a place in herself. Three stars for that.
Today I would not buy or recommend it to anyone....
Today I would not buy or recommend it to anyone....
February 14, 2011
I thought that this was an amazing book.
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