{"product_id":"the-english-teacher-and-other-kiran-doshi-9789390477272","title":"The English Teacher and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I don't know, memsahib, ' she said in the end.'But I don't like it, that man coming here. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehope he does not come again.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'He will... And the next time he comes, don't behave like a rabbit. Face him like a man.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Coelho took intimidation in her stride, whether by the underworld don's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehenchmen, or rapacious builders like her new landlord. They were minor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einconveniences. Her purpose in life was to serve the Lord by teaching good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish to her young students and, if possible, adults as well. God knew they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eneeded it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other fourteen women that anchor the stories in this collection are quite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edifferent, but remarkable in their own way. Like Mrs Hiralal Motilal Jain, in 'Only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean Indian Wife', who's shrewder than any crooked taxation lawyers could be. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Janaki', the eponymous housemaid is but a demure young woman-or is she?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bombay-born Shabana Meherali, in 'By a Thread', might be confined to her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarital home in Rawalpindi, but there's really nothing that can stop her from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efinding someone to converse with in her mother tongue. Asha, in 'Saga-vhala', \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis as glued to south Bombay as to the TV, and knows more about Bollywood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan even judges at a quiz contest. Freny, in 'Her F word', is happily married to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea successful doctor like herself but harbours a secret longing in her heart. And\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere's Indira, Under Secretary, in 'Women Can't Play It'-not one for playing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echess; but the game she is adept at is far more complex and cunning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Women are like men, only different, mostly better, ' writes Kiran Doshi in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note-and then proceeds to show us how in fifteen memorable stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewritten with quiet, compelling humour and an intuitive understanding of life's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elittle triumphs and troubles and abiding oddness. The English Teacher is a book of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egreat charm, and thoroughly entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kiran Doshi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9390477271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789390477272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Kiran Doshi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487194951935,"sku":"9789390477272","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3702b36f-faea-474b-9b57-ff6faa2e2f97.jpg?v=1778058956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-english-teacher-and-other-kiran-doshi-9789390477272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}