Desirable Daughters is the first in a trilogy of novels by American-Canadian Bharati Mukherjee which includes The Tree Bride, followed by Miss New India. The book was originally published by Hyperion
First edition cover
A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressi
Desirable Daughters
…sisters. The three hail from a prosperous and urbane Calcutta family and are "raised according to the genteel social conventions and hallowed domestic traditions of India." Tara compares her life and the life of her family, past and present, with a direct ancestor named Tara Lata. The modern Tara says about her…
Traditions, an 1895 bronze tympanum by Olin Levi Warner over the main entrance of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Traditional dress and arts, such as in this performance of Traditional Hindi Drama -- the performance of tradition through folklore, reinforces the stories and memory reinforces the concept of tradition, and its importance in local communities.
A slametan tradition of a ritual proceeding before Ramadan to honor ancestors and Ramadan in Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia
Holiday celebrations may be passed down as traditions, as is the case with this distinctly Polish Christmas meal, decor with Christmas tree, a tradition since the late 18th and early 19th centuries.