Being Indian - Softcover

Varma, Joint Secretary Pavan K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143033425 ISBN 13: 9780143033424

Publisher: Penguin Books India, 2005

Synopsis

An exploration of what it is to be Indian in the modern day. Lots of Insights. Sections on "Image versus reality", The triumph (unexected) of democracy., the myth of other worldliness, technology, wealth, violence and the power of accommodation, and an epilogue. Uzes sources such as myth and legend and sanskrit, Bollywood, anecdotes, and more. Intelligent and challenging read. Softback, intact and clean and undamaged.

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Review:

"Pavan Varma is one of India's most admired and widely-read writers of non-fiction, and in Being Indian he has excelled himself . . . Brilliant . . . Varma shows how India's self-image has been distorted by simplistic myth-making, and sets out to find instead what it really means to be Indian" (William Dalrymple)

"A well-researched and urgent inquiry that is informed as much by allusions to Hindu mythological texts as it is by a knowledge of current affairs and popular culture" (New Statesman)

"A stimulating and readable polemic" (Sunday Times)

"Elegantly written . . . Being Indian is one of the most subtle recent attempts to analyze the continent-sized mosaic of India" (The Economist)

From the Publisher:

A compelling journey through the paradoxes, myths and realities of India, by 'one of the country's most perceptive writers.' (Guardian)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books India
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0143033425
• ISBN 13: 9780143033424
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238