000			01801nam a22002297a 4500
005			20241018121532.0
008			241018b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9789354891939
028			_a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: A-184, A Nand Gram, Ghaziabad, Ghaziabad
082			_a305.420 BHA
100			_aBhattacharya, Shrayana.
245			_aDesperately seeking shah rukh _b: india's lonely young women and the search for intimacy and independence. _c/ Shrayana Bhattacharya.
260			_aNoida _b: HarperCollins _c, 2021.
300			_axxii, 441p. _c: 22cm.
365			_b499
520			_aIn this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence and fun. Embracing Hindi film idol Shah Rukh Khan allows them a small respite from an oppressive culture, a fillip to their fantasies of a friendlier masculinity in Indian men. Most struggle to find the freedom-or income-to follow their favourite actor. Bobbing along in this stream of multiple lives for more than a decade-from Manju's boredom in 'rurban' Rampur and Gold's anger at having to compete with Western women for male attention in Delhi's nightclubs, to Zahira's break from domestic abuse in Ahmedabad-Bhattacharya gleans the details on what Indian women think about men, money, movies, beauty, helplessness, agency and love. A most unusual and compelling book on the female gaze, this is the story of how women have experienced post-liberalization India.
650			_aShah Rukh
650			_a Desperately seeking
650			_aLonely Young Women
700			_aShrayana Bhattacharya
942			_cBOOK
999			_c62500 _d62500