AIDS sutra : untold stories from India by Panjiar, Prashant; Akhavi, Negar instant download

AIDS sutra : untold stories from India by Panjiar, Prashant; Akhavi, Negar instant download

x, 334 pages : 20 cm, \"India is already home to almost three million HIV cases - outnumbered only by South Africa. But AIDS is still a disease stigmatised and shrouded in denial. In this groundbreaking anthology, seventeen of India's well-known writers go on the road to uncover their country's AIDS epidemic. William Dalrymple meets the devadasis ('temple women'), many of whom have become victims of HIV; Kiran Desai visits the coast of Andhra where the sex-workers are considered the most desirable and Salman Rushdie meets Indian transgenders. These writers travel the country to talk to housewives, vigilantes, homosexuals, police and sex-workers. Together they create a complex and gripping picture of AIDS in India: who it is affecting, how and why.\"--BOOK JACKET, Includes bibliographical references, Mr X versus hospital Y / Nikita Lalwani -- Night claims the Godavari / Kiran Desai -- Hello, darling / Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi -- Maarne ka, bhagane ka / Sonia Faleiro -- At stake, the body / CS Lakshmi -- The half-woman god / Salman Rushdie -- Bhoot ki kahaanian / Jaspreet Singh -- Return to sonagachhi / Sunil Gangopadhyay -- Nowhere to call home / Mukul Kesavan -- The lost generation of Manipur / Siddhartha Deb -- The daughters of Yellamma / William Dalrymple -- When AIDS came home / Shobhaa De -- Healing / Amit Chaudhuri -- A poem about AIDS / Vikram Seth -- The last of the Ustaads / Aman Sethi -- Love in the time of positives / Nalini Jones