03367cam a2200469 4500 524541194 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781616207618 1616207612 B01N0ZOA3R Amazon c6dbc69e-a96a-46d6-ae90-84fbb7ef081d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3157608 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Narayan, Shoba. The Milk Lady of Bangalore [Libby eBook] : An Unexpected Adventure. Algonquin Books, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2018kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2018kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. books about Indian culture. Ayurvedic medicine. Female friendship. books about india. Indian culture. food memoirs. Ayurveda. Hinduism. holy cow. Food. Cows. HTML:<p><i><b>The elevator door opens. A cow stands inside, angled diagonally to fit. It doesn't look uncomfortable, merely impatient. "It is for the housewarming ceremony on the third floor," explains the woman who stands behind the cow, holding it loosely with a rope. She has the sheepish look of a person caught in a strange situation who is trying to act as normal as possible. She introduces herself as Sarala and smiles reassuringly. The door closes. I shake my head and suppress a grin. It is good to be back.</b></i><br /> When Shoba Narayan—who has just returned to India with her husband and two daughters after years in the United States—asks whether said cow might bless her apartment next, it is the beginning of a beautiful friendship between our author and Sarala, who also sells fresh milk right across the street from that thoroughly modern apartment building. The two women connect over not only cows but also family, food, and life. When Shoba agrees to buy Sarala a new cow, they set off looking for just the right heifer, and what was at first a simple economic transaction becomes something much deeper, though never without a hint of slapstick.<br /> <i>The Milk Lady of Bangalore</i> immerses us in the culture, customs, myths, religion, sights, and sounds of a city in which the twenty-first century and the ancient past coexist like nowhere else in the world. It's a true story of bridging divides, of understanding other ways of looking at the world, and of human connections and animal connections, and it's an irresistible adventure of two strong women and the animals they love.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Nature. Travel. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6dbc69e-a96a-46d6-ae90-84fbb7ef081d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6dbc69e-a96a-46d6-ae90-84fbb7ef081d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c6dbc69e-a96a-46d6-ae90-84fbb7ef081d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)