Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue: The Minneapolis Panic
The Early Years
*?1946-1965
Today Bombay, Tomorrow (Miss) Universe?9
*?1966-1969
From Bheegi Raat to Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein?14
The Seventies
*?1970-1973
From Beloved India to Frozen England?19; Her First Flight?24
*?1974-1977
Khambatta in Kenya?26; Khambatta in Kohl?29; Siri, the --Power-Adjacent Princess?30; The Eternal August, Part I: The Screening of Persis?32
*?1978
The Eternal August, Part II: The Shave of Singularity?34; The Eternal August, Part III: Ilia Is Introduced?41; The Eternal August, Part IV: Rush Hour on the Event Horizon?47
*?1979
The Eternal August, Part V: The Blinding of Persis?60; The Eternal August, Part VI: Persis Is Presented?62
The Eighties
*?1980
Studio 54 on Parallel 42?67; The Trouble with Exotic Angels?71; Lovin' that cali lifestyle!!?75
*?1981
Denny, Khambatta, and Oui?79; Release the Nighthawks?82; The Esquireman Weekend?85; Birds of a Feather Cannot Always Cohabitate Together?89; The (Mega)force of (Tri)illusion?92
*?1982
Persis vs. Soup?95; Hunter vs. Khan?97; The Megafudging of Major Zara?103; The Whitewashing of Octopussy?109; The Prime Minister of India Meets the Pride of India?112
*?1983
Devi, Coelho, and Khambatta?115; I Visited the Lost World and All I Got Was This Lousy Hairline Fracture?118; The Perils of Persis on the Idiot Box?119
*?1984
The Saints of Imperfection?122; The Battle of the Bandit Queens?124; First Strikes and Last Resorts?128
*?1985
The Pride of India's Perils in the Lost World?132; Waiting for Gandhi?136; Back to Bombay, for Now?140
*?1986-1988
MacGyver vs. Hunter?142; The Blinking Eye?143; The Flameout of the Phoenix?145; This Is a Lowe?150
*?1989-1990
The Triillusion Dissolution?154; Exile on Main Street: Des Moines?155
The Nineties
*?1991-1993
Exile on Main Street: Los Angeles?159; The New Old School?160; Persis Reaches Out?162
*?1994-1995
Persis Punches Back?164; Her Journey Through the Past?166; Another Dream Deferred?168
*?1996-1997
Pride of India Is Begun?170; India's Pride Is Serenaded?173; Pride of India Is Published?174
*?1998
So Long, It Has Not Been Nice to Know You?177; The --Pre-Mortem?179; Persis in the Tower, When the Birds Came?181
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
