{"product_id":"in-the-himalayan-nights-anoop-chandola-9780982998700","title":"In the Himalayan Nights","description":"Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian research assistants accompany their Indian professor to this city near the tense borders of China and Nepal to observe the \"holy-war\" dance of the Mahabharata and its link to polygamy and local heroes (or villains?). The girls begin to question the holiness of the Bhagavad Gita's two polygamist avatars while watching the dance, even as they fall in love with India and their friendly hosts. While gathering data on women's rights violations, caste discrimination, and animal cruelty, they discover more about their own culture, their relationship and themselves.When their hosts uncover the women's secret love-life, they turn against them and the research team's existence is threatened. Will the Indian \"holy-war\" become a personal one between locals and outsiders, men against women, polygamists against lesbians, Indians against Americans?The answer lies in the Himalayan nights...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anoop Chandola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0982998708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982998700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Savant Books \u0026amp; Publications LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Anoop Chandola","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435763151103,"sku":"9780982998700","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2fad07a-712b-446e-b72d-668a4d6da124.jpg?v=1777152555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-himalayan-nights-anoop-chandola-9780982998700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}