Over the past 25 years, India has moved from a largely impoverished,
underdeveloped country to an innovative, fast-changing society. This
entertaining and informative book shows how and why.
Interest in India has never been greater. Here Shashi Tharoor, one of
the subcontinent’s most respected writers and diplomats, offers
precious insights into this complex, multifaceted land, which despite
its dazzling diversity of languages, customs, and cultures remains—more
than 60 years after its founding—the world’s largest democracy. He
describes the vast changes that have transformed this once sleeping
giant into a world leader in science and technology, a nation once
poverty-stricken that now boasts a middle class of over 300 million
people—as large as the entire population of the United States!
Artfully
combining hard facts and statistics with opinion and observation,
Tharoor discusses the strengths and weaknesses of his rapidly evolving
homeland in five areas—politics, economics, culture, society, and
sports—and takes a fresh look at the world’s second most populous
country.
Paperback: 498 pages
Publisher: Arcade Publishing (October 15, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1559708948
ISBN-13: 978-1559708944
Source: http://tharoor.in/books/the-elephant-the-tiger-and-the-cellphone/
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