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title: "Orienting"
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# Orienting

**Brand:** pallavi aiyar
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Orienting

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A marvelous book on Japan
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in India on 4 October 2021*

Ms.Aiyar's ( globe-trotting housewife-cum-journalist ) latest travelogue-cum-memoir ( after her similar efforts on China , Indonesia etc ) , based on her four year stay in a fascinating country like Japan, is a winner in many ways. As the wife of an European Union bureaucrat , she is no stranger to moving every three or four years to a new country. Yet , she describes her Japan stint ' as an exceptional privilege '. She plunges headlong , after a strenuous home work of reading , into the day-to-day life , culture ,history ,psychology of every thing Japanese and the reader is benefited by the fascinating insights she provides on this opaque nation , rivaled perhaps only by her neighbor , China . Aiyar shatters quite a few stereotypes about Japan . For example , its technological prowess proves to be incomplete when it comes to digitization of routine transactions ( cash is apparently king in Japan , banking procedures glacial ). Japanese schools and corporates were totally unprepared for w.f.h mode in the  pandemic period .She provides similar surprising insights by way of the poor participation by the Japanese public in the political process and the prevalence of the racist and sexist attitudes that have pervaded the society for centuries. She waxes eloquent about the Japanese passion for beauty , nature , spiritualism , public honesty ( a major portion of the articles lost in the public space in Tokyo is restored to their owners ) , the safety of its public spaces , and above all , the country's obsession with cleanliness. The Japanese preoccupation with toilets makes for amusing , if not educative , reading. The author discovers also a lot of paradoxes like Tokyo homes being tiny and untidy and the country being the the world's second highest user of plastic packaging. She finds the Japanese preference for silences while conversing ( as compared to the Indian garrulousness ) quaint and the haiku verses addictive. Aiyar devotes considerable space to the country's linkages with India , especially the ' bromance ' between the two leaders , Modi and Abe. Apart from the names of Rash Bihari Bose and Rejinikanth among the Indians popular with the Japanese , one Radhabinod Pal , a jurist on the War Crimes panel ( who wrote a dissenting judgement ) is a surprising figure.All in all , this is a deftly written volume providing great insights into a unique country and culture.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Naipaul in making
  

*by A***I on Reviewed in India on 14 June 2022*

B'fuly written.  Pallavi transports you to Japan  n makes sure that you experience all things Japanese including voices of common people.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Her best book so far
  

*by G***S on Reviewed in India on 14 August 2023*

A very insightful look into Japanese society, culture, and more. An enjoyable read from a writer with a great sense of humour and, yes, an Indian perspective.

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