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Miss New India is Bharati Mukherjee's eighth novel. It was published in 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. [1] [2] [3] [4] Miss New India is "the third part of a trilogy that began with Desirable Daughters (2002) and The Tree Bride (2004)."

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Plot

Anjali Bose, a young woman, escapes to Bangalore from her stifled existence in the backward and provincial state of Bihar in India. In Bangalore she experiences the newly exploding wealth and growth of the city. She obtains employment in a call center and finds herself surrounded by entrepreneurs and fortunes. Along the way, she overcomes hardships and obstacles to ultimately reinvent herself. The title and the story are a metaphor for the new India that is prosperously emerging on the world stage. [1] The title and story also allude to the old India and the new. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kapur, Akash (July 1, 2011). "A Parable of the New India". New York Times.
  2. Lavigilante, Natasha; Mukherjee, Bharati (2014). "Globalization and Change in India: The Rise of an "Indian Dream" in "Miss New India": An Interview with Bharati Mukherjee". MELUS. 39 (3): 178–194. doi:10.1093/MELUS/mlu023. JSTOR   24569866.
  3. White, Daniel (June 14, 2011). "Looking beyond the shallowness of imitation for a take on the contemporary, vibrant nation". Washington Independent Review of Books.
  4. 1 2 Roberts, Jennifer (June 6, 2011). "Review: Miss New India, by Bharati Mukherjee". The Globe and Mail. Canada.

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