BEAUTIFUL THING: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars

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Penguin UK, Sep 30, 2010 - Literary Collections - 232 pages
Sonia Faleiro was a reporter in search of a story when she met Leela; a beautiful and charismatic bar dancer with a story to tell. Leela introduced Sonia to the underworld of Bombay’s dance bars: a world of glamorous women; of fierce love; sex and violence; of customers and gangsters; of police; prostitutes and pimps. When an ambitious politician cashed in on a tide of false morality and had Bombay’s dance bars wiped out; Leela’s proud independence faced its greatest test. In a city where almost everyone is certain that someone; somewhere; is worse off than them; she fights to survive; and to win. Beautiful Thing; one of the most original works of non-fiction from India in years; is a vivid and intimate portrait of one reporter’s journey into the dark; pulsating and ultimately damaged soul of Bombay. www.soniafaleiro.com
 

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CHALLENGE ME ANY MAN ANY TIME
BOOTIFUL
I WANT
I TOO LOVEYOUJANU IMGOING
RAVAN
TELL ME DO YOU SEE IT?
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Sonia Faleiro is an award-winning reporter and author of the novel The Girl (Viking, 2006). Beautiful Thing is her first full-length work of nonfiction, and is based on five years of reportage in Bombay’s dance bars. It has been published worldwide and translated into numerous languages. Sonia lives in San Francisco.

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