Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cellphone India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power

Name: Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cellphone India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
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ISBN: 9781611452914

ISBN-10: 1611452910

ISBN-13: 9781611452914

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Authors: Shashi Tharoor

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Over the past twenty-five years, India has moved from a largely impoverished, underdeveloped country to an innovative, fastchanging 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 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…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Shashi Tharoor was born in London and brought up in Bombay and Calcutta. He has written for the New York Times , the Washington Post , the International Herald Tribune , the Times of India , and Foreign Affairs . 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.