India Rising: Tales from a Changing Nation (Record no. 295372)

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International Standard Book Number 9780571259267
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Classification number 954.0532 BAL-I
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Title India Rising: Tales from a Changing Nation
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Edition statement 1
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Extent 338
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Summary, etc. ndia is on The up. Historically derided as The lumbering elephant of Asia, this vast sub-continent has quickened its pace. The economy is booming. Tens of millions have been pulled out of poverty. Software and service companies abound. Millionaire entrepreneurs are springing up at every turn. Bollywood is going global and Indian expats are flooding back home. Whats more, these changes are occurring within The worlds largest democracy - a far cry from neighbouring China. But who and what lies behind Indias apparent ascendency?In India Rising Oliver Balch takes The voices and stories ofeveryday Indians and presents a fresh, vivid, highly personalised account of the changes as they are unfolding.Travelling The lengthand breadth of the country, Balch leads readers off The tourist trail and onto The streets of modern day India. From cricket stadiums and shopping malls to rural schools and shanty towns, The book blends The best of reportage and travel writing to get under The skin of this nation in transition.What emerges is a captivating portrait of a country at acrossroads. Old versus New. Global versus local. Indias march into The twenty-first century is full of tensions and uncertainties. But so too is it brimming with optimism and hope. With over half of its billion plus population under The age of twenty-five, Indias future will be written by its youth. In describing their hopes and exploring their fears, India Rising unpicks what makes this vastnation tick and asks where its heading.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element India -Description and travel. India -Social conditions -21st century. India -Economic conditions -21st century.
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 01/09/2015   954.0532 BAL-I DCB2174 01/09/2015 01/09/2015 Book