India: from Midnight to the Millennium - Softcover

Tharoor, Shashi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060977531 ISBN 13: 9780060977535

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

"Few books in recent years, if any, offer such a comprehensive overview of what ails India, its politicians and its people; and few writers, apart from Nirad Chaudhury and V. S. Naipaul, benefit so obviously from the perspective Tharoor offers, that of an Indian with a profound empathy for his native culture, combined with the insight made possible by following India's progress from afar."
--New York Times

"A hard-hitting, powerfully analytical and supremely articulate new book. . . . Tharoor discusses the 'flawed miracle of Indian democracy' from various angles, opting for a take-no-prisoners approach as he criticizes politicians, unpacks layers of misguided governmental policies and exposes the atavistic tendencies of special-interest pols."
--Newsday

"Tharoor looks back at his country's first 50 years of independence, describing its challenges (illiteracy, poverty, sectarian violence and the ever-present caste problem) and its triumphs (a thriving democracy, a burgeoning economy) in lively, informative prose. He is particularly adept at describing all that India and Indians are not--not the same ethnicity, religion or language--to arrive at the nation's essence: that 'the singular thing about India was that you could only speak of it in the plural'."
--Seattle Times

About this title

Product Description:

/ 9780060977535 / Tourism Asia / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / soft cover / 14 x 21 cm / 392 .pp /

Synopsis:

One of India's foremost writers assesses the country's independence from British rule and notes India's importance in the challenges facing America in the twenty-first century.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060977531
• ISBN 13: 9780060977535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392