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About The Author: Eddie James Girdner was inculcated into the idiocy of rural life at an early age in North Missouri. After his Great Escape to the University of Missouri, and a degree in Physics, he served as an American Peace Corps Volunteer in Punjab, India (19681970), then became a sailor in the US Navy for five years. He earned a doctorate degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has taught political science in the United States, Cyprus and Turkey for more than twentyfive years. He is the author of several books, including Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit and the Struggle for Environmental Justice (2003); USA and the New Middle East (2 0 0 8 ) ; S o c i a l i s m , S a r v o d a y a a n d Democracy (2013); and Global Political Economy (2014). He has also written two novels, Sweet Home, Mississippi and The Business Model. He lives in Fethiye and Izmir Turkey. Contents: Contents: Abbreviations 7: Glossary of Terms 9: Synopsis 17: Preface 19: Acknowledgements 21: Introduction 23: 1. Dodging Bullets 29: 2. New Way of Life 35: 3. Cornucopia of Chaos 45: 4. School of Hard Knocks 49: 5. Under the Stars 57: 6. Punjabi Tea 63: 7. The Idiocy of Rural Life 73: 8. Kismet 79: 9. Impostor 87: 10. Mahail Gaila 97: 11. My Cook 107: 12. Halloween 113: 13. The Librarian 119: 14. Male Chastity Belt 125: 6 Confessions of a Renegade Peace Corps Years: 15. Bread Basket 133: 16. Fall Dreaming 139: 17. Shoulder to the Plow 147: 18. Hill Billy from Punjab 153: 19. Great Leap Forward 159: 20. Bus Madness 167: 21. Picnic on the Sutlej 177: 22. Soybeans 183: 23. Punjabi Wedding 187: 24. Punjabi Village 191: 25. Duniya 203: 26. School Partnership 209: 27. Crooked Trail 213: 28. Darshan Singh Pheruman 223: 29. Dussehra Festival 229: 30. Diwali 239: 31. A Pain in the Ass 247: 32. Indian Journey 253: 33. Kissan Mela 269: 34. New York Restaurant 275: 35. Final Days 285: 36. Chakwal 291: 37. Farewell Punjab 295: 38. Across the Kali Pani 2