On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life

• Memoir • Sets in Kitchener, ON and New York, NY• 288 pages Chhaya Kapoor

Author:Rupinder Gill

• She’s 32• This is her first book.• She currently resides in Ontario.• Brought up by strict Indian parents• She wrote for Barnes & Noble's teen blog

Spark Life until she got fired for not understanding the acronym of LOL.

Main Character

• Rupinder Gill is the only main character• She is extremely humorous.• She had no social interactions when she was

growing up. Television was her best friend.• Rupinder missed out on all the regular activities

children did as in swimming, sleepovers, dancing etc…

• When she turned 30 she decided to accomplish all the activities she missed out on.

Summary• A recently turned 30 year old who was brought

up by strict Indian parents decides to do the things she always felt were part of most North Americans' adolescent experience.

• She decided she will learn to swim, go to summer camp, see Disneyworld, take dance lessons, have sleepovers and finally get the pet she longed for her whole life.

• This is the story of Rupinder Gills New Year’s resolution.

Likes and dislikesLikes:

• Very humorous.• A lot of detail when describing her

experiences.• She tried to complete her goals to her best

capability.Dislikes:

• Felt to long for a memoir.• Sometimes it felt like the idea was getting

dragged on for too long.

New VocabularyAmish: pertaining to any of the strict Mennonite groups. There's a phenomenon in Amish culture called Rumspringa, where Amish adolescents are permitted to break free.Content: In a state of peaceful happiness.He was not pleased with the content of the radio show.Manifest: to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding.The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of sophistication.

New Vocabulary

Contemporary: a form of dance.Contemporary artists were selected.Competent: Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.Her prose is competent enough.Meandering: To follow a winding and turning course.Her account takes on an uneven, meandering tone.

Reasons to read the book

• If you want a good laugh this book is perfect.

• Boosts your confidence if your trying to accomplish difficult goals.

• Shows us we can do anything we want regardless the age.

Lessons Learned

• Its never to late to fulfill wishes.• Do whatever makes you happy.• Don’t stop yourself because other people

are judging.• When you accomplish your wish/goal

you will have a higher self-esteem.

Back review• A lighthearted read for readers curious

about the lives of middle-class immigrants or those looking to be identified with the experience of being an outsider.

• Gill is a heroine, relatable, imperfect and prone to both success and failure.

• Gill writes about her parents in a balanced way, presenting them as neither angels nor demons

Change the title

• For my novel On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My life I would change the title.

• I would change it to On the Outside Looking Indian: Chance to a Better Childhood.

• Great read

•Makes one laugh

•Age doesn’t matter

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On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed Life

The Movie

Starring Rupinder GillDirected by: Rupinder Gill

Coming out August 7th, 2013