Full Of Startling Insights And Wit, And A Host Of Entertaining Characters, This Is An Unusual Travel Book About Indian Small Towns That Have Been Transformed By The Aggressive Ambition And Self-Confidence Of Their Inhabitants. Travelling From Mandi In Himachal Pradesh To Kottayam In Kerala, Mishra Discovers Why The Once Sleepy, Unremarkable Places Now Threaten To Upstage Metropolitan India.