ALWAYS A FOREIGNER
A Memoir
Paperback EN 2021 9789390547975Samenvatting
The journey was like the voyage of Sinbad, full of adventure.Running up a Himalayan hillside pulling leeches off her legs, covering drug busts in agritty US suburb to uncovering racism under the pure Alpine snow, Ashwini Devare'sfascinating memoir is about growing up as an Indian Foreign Service child in the 70sand 80s. From the Soviet Union's Iron Curtain to Burma's Bamboo Curtain, AshwiniDevare lived in six countries by the time she was fifteen.In each country, she had a front-row seat to tumultuous global events that redefined thetwentieth century, from the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri to the integration of Sikkiminto India, the assassination of Indira Gandhi to student-led democracy in South Korea.Ashwini Devare's journey from diplomat's daughter to broadcast journalist was markedby constant changes and upheaval. 'Fitting in' was the mantra for survival.
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