{"product_id":"9789351364917","title":"Words: From Here There and Everywhere or My Private Babel","description":"Bombay duck, hobson-jobson, big cheese, minaret - words are cultural signifiers, slices of history made up of letters. In Words, Farrukh Dhondy reveals a certain landscape of India through a joyful exploration of Indianisms and Indo-British usages, including slang, choice curse words and colonial coinage. He cites Anglo-Indian dictionaries and Cockney kids, Parsi grandmothers and bartenders, foul-mouthed neighbours, history books and tour guides. Dhondy's musings on etymological evolution bring to light the social, moral and often less-than-moral beliefs and behaviours these sayings stem from.  Just goes to show - whether it's an earnest chat or gossip, we are saying more than we realize.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136757285104,"sku":"9789351364917","price":2.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789351364917_p0.jpg?v=1763674678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789351364917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}