Arcade Publishing arcade@onixsuite.com 20130519 eng

COM.ONIXSUITE.9781611452914 03 01 Arcade Publishing 01 GCOI 55970100846870 01 SKU 611291 02 1611452910 03 9781611452914 15 9781611452914 11 BC 1 A01 Tharoor, Shashi Shashi Tharoor <strong>Shashi Tharoor</strong> was born in London and brought up in Bombay and Calcutta. He has written for the <em>New York Times</em>, the <em>Washington Post</em>, the <em>International Herald Tribune</em>, the <em>Times of India</em>, and <em>Foreign Affairs</em>. A human rights activist and winner of a Commonwealth Writers Prize, he is currently a member of the Indian Parliament and lives in New Dehli, India. 01 eng 512 00 512 03 SOC042000 10 SOC015000 24 Internet Current Events 24 Internet Travel & Adventure 01 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 sixty 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 oldest civilizations and most populous countries. 02 Over the past twenty-five years, India has moved from a largely impoverished, underdeveloped country to an innovative, fast-changing society. This entertaining and informative book shows how and... 08 “I’m enthralled by the writing of Shashi Tharoor, his remarkable erudition and insight. For me, his work has been an illuminating introduction to India.” Joseph Heller 04 03 72 01 http://www.arcadepub.com/resources/titles/55970100846870/images/55970100846870L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.arcadepub.com/resources/titles/55970100846870/images/55970100846870S.jpg http://www.arcadepub.com/book/?GCOI=55970100846870 Arcade Publishing 01 Skyhorse Publishing 04 20110901 02 AS GU MP PH PR US VI 03 ROW 01 0.898398 in 02 0.6089142 in 03 0.1397508 in 07 6300065 National Book Company, Inc. http://www.wwnorton.com 02 WORLD AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AO CC AT AU AW AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BN BT RS BW BY CA CX AQ CF CG CH CI CK CM CU CV GS CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DZ EE EG EH ER ES ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GB GB GD GE GF GH GI GL GM GN GQ GR IO GW GY KP HR HT HU IE IL IN MO IQ IR IS IT JM JO KE KG KI KM KN KW KY KZ LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD MG MH UM ML MM MN YT MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MZ NA NC NE NF NG NL NL NO NP NR NU OM PA PF PF PG PG PK PL PM PN PT PW QA RE RO RU RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR ST SY SZ TC TD BL TG TJ TK TM TN TO TR TT TV TZ UA UG UZ VA VC VG VU WF WS YE IM ZA ZM ZW ZW 02 Y 21 24 01 02 17.95 USD