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Earning the Laundry Stripes chronicles Noor's journey of discovery: of self as afloat in a sea of men, of her own ways to survive in a dichotomous society, at once in transition yet mired in the past, where a rich urban woman can buy sex while a village woman will get her nose sliced for daring to converse with a strange man; and of a people, divided by their multiple faiths, yet united by commerce. About the Author Manreet Sodhi Someshwar trained as an engineer is currently based in Hong Kong where she writes for the South China Morning Post , Hong Kong's most prestigious English language daily.