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Beschreibung
In the 21st century every sixth human being will be Indian. India is very close to becoming the second largest consumer market in the world with a buying middle class numbering over half a [...] is in the top ten in overall GNP. Yet at least 200 million Indians remain desperately poor. Illiteracy rates are high. Communal violence is widespread; corruption endemic. Brides are still tortured and burnt for dowries; the caste system has lost little of its power and none of its brutality.

How are we to make sense of these two apparently contradictory pictures of India today? And how can we overcome the many misconceptions about India that are fed by the stereotypes created by foreigners and the myths about themselves projected by Indians? In Being Indian Pavan Varma whom the Guardian has called 'one of the country's most perceptive writers' demolishes the myths and generalisations as he turns his sharply observant gaze on his fellow countrymen to examine what really makes Indians tick and what they have to offer the world in the 21st century.
In the 21st century every sixth human being will be Indian. India is very close to becoming the second largest consumer market in the world with a buying middle class numbering over half a [...] is in the top ten in overall GNP. Yet at least 200 million Indians remain desperately poor. Illiteracy rates are high. Communal violence is widespread; corruption endemic. Brides are still tortured and burnt for dowries; the caste system has lost little of its power and none of its brutality.

How are we to make sense of these two apparently contradictory pictures of India today? And how can we overcome the many misconceptions about India that are fed by the stereotypes created by foreigners and the myths about themselves projected by Indians? In Being Indian Pavan Varma whom the Guardian has called 'one of the country's most perceptive writers' demolishes the myths and generalisations as he turns his sharply observant gaze on his fellow countrymen to examine what really makes Indians tick and what they have to offer the world in the 21st century.
Über den Autor
A member of the Indian Foreign Service, Pavan K. Varma has served in Moscow, in New York and in Cyprus. He has been Press Secretary to the President of India and is currently director of the Nehru Centre in London.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780099486824
ISBN-10: 0099486822
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Varma, Pavan
Hersteller: Arrow
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Pavan Varma
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2006
Gewicht: 0,291 kg
Artikel-ID: 134473305