Neem Dreams by globalist Inez Baranay reveals the complex life of modern and traditional India

PONDICHERRY, India (MMD Newswire) February 25, 2009 -- Neem Dreams, a new book by Inez Baranay, intends to intertwine and connect the quests of four characters from all corners of the world with the branches of the healthful neem tree in India. It's a symbolic story of East versus West, globalization and the ensuing collision of modern and traditional worlds, states Baranay.

Set in southern India in 1990, Neem Dreams follows Andy, an English lawyer and first-time visitor to India, who seeks a cure for HIV; Pandora, an Australian scientist researching a breakthrough women's project; Jade, from Australia, who needs neem skincare products for a new SoHo store; and Meenakshi, a beautiful woman who returns to her native India with her husband to work on a project that traces back to the family's neem factory. The plots of these four characters converge amidst growing international and intellectual property rights disputes, patent protests against neem-based products and local political and biopiracy tensions.

Neem Dreams was originally published in India in 2003, when Baranay, raised in Australia, received positive reviews for her "uncanny" ability as a foreigner to depict Indian reality and to avoid common Indian clichés. While her many trips to India began in 1980, she says, "I spent some time in 2000 and 2001 as a writer in residence at the University of Madras in Chennai, where my deepening relationship with friends there strengthened my ability to write about India from the inside."

For more information or to request a free review copy, members of the press can contact the author at inezbaranay@gmail.com. Neem Dreams is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Globalist Inez Baranay was born in Naples, Italy of Hungarian parents, who then moved to Australia, where Baranay lived through her teen years. Her first adult trip was to Bali in the 1970s; she has since traveled to Asia, Europe, Papua New Guinea and the United States. Baranay has taught writing since 1989 and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in writing by Griffith University in Australia in 2003. Baranay's published works include Sun Square Moon: Writings on Yoga and Writing and With the Tiger. In 2007, she was accepted to Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam to write a film adaptation of Neem Dreams. She now lives and writes in Pondicherry, India.

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E-mail: inezbaranay@gmail.com
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