title: The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India
author:  Erin Reese 
description: "Something kicky, fun and a bit random" - <i>The New York Times</i> (India Ink, March 22, 2012)
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  DADDY’S GIRL
  
  Swati Chaturvedi is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist who has
  worked for the _Statesman_ , the _Indian Express_ , _Hindustan Times_ and _Zee
  News_. She lives in New Delhi. This is her first book.
  
  > > Prologue
  
  Ambika looked more peaceful than she had ever looked before. A bundle of
  restless energy, she now lay in bed, straight, with her hands folded across
  her middle; the white, spotless damask sheet coming up to her chin and neatly
  tucked around her.
  
  Two teddy bears, raggedy from too much loving and handling—warriors from a
  childhood which was still incomplete—were the se