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Units Teaching this Work
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Unit Name
Institution
Year
yNeem DreamsInez Baranay,
New Delhi:Rupa,2003Z10653452002single work novel (taught in 1 units)'Andy, an English lawyer looking for a miracle cure. Pandora, an Australian eco-scientist, looking for the perfect women's project. Meenakshi, author and co-ordinator of the project, returned to India to work for rural development. And Jade, an Australian working in New York, comes to buy neem skin care products to sell exclusively at a New York store. The past passions of each of the four brings to their meeting in India are revealed in a web-like plot, with the neem tree acting as a kind of crucible for each as the novel draws to a startling climax.' (Publication summary)