01896cam a2200241 i 4500 38615 38615 9789354891939 eng- 306.81 BHA-D Bhattacharya, Shrayana author Desperately seeking Shah Rukh : India's lonely young women and the search for intimacy and independence / Shrayana Bhattacharya. Haryana : HarperCollins, 2021. xxii, 445p. Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-424) and index. In 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. English. Women Social conditions India Feminism Social aspects India Motion pictures Social aspects India Celebrities Public opinion India Women fans Psychology India India Social life and customs ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2024-03-20 Overseas Press India PVT LTD 504.67 2024-03-20 0 306.81 BHA-D 54314 2024-05-20 00:00:00 699.00 2024-05-20 BK