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  • Imagining Indiaby Nandan Nilekani

    Penguin Group Inc. 2010; US$ 13.99

    A visionary look at the evolution and future of India In this momentous book, Nandan Nilekani traces the central ideas that shaped India's past and present and asks the key question of the future: How will India as a global power avoid the mistakes of earlier development models? As a co-founder of Infosys, a global leader in information technology, Nilekani has actively participated in the company's rise during the past twenty-seven years. In Imagining India , he uses his global experience and understanding to discuss the future of India and its role as a global citizen and emerging economic giant. Nilekani engages with India's particular obstacles and opportunities, charting a new way forward for the young nation. more...

  • Third Class in Indian Railwaysby Mahatma Gandhi

    The Floating Press 1917; US$ 4.95

    From the text: I have now been in India for over two years and a half after my return from South Africa. Over one quarter of that time I have passed on the Indian trains travelling third class by choice. I have travelled up north as far as Lahore, down south up to Tranquebar, and from Karachi to Calcutta. Having resorted to third class travelling, among other reasons, for the purpose of studying the conditions under which this class of passengers travel... more...

  • Playing with Fireby Pamela Constable

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 13.99

    A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country’s founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist Pamela Constable peels back layers of contradiction and confusion to reveal the true face of modern Pakistan. In this richly reported and movingly written chronicle, Constable takes us on a panoramic tour of contemporary Pakistan, exploring the fears and frustrations, dreams and beliefs, that animate the lives of ordinary citizens in this nuclear-armed nation of 170 million. From the opulent, insular salons... more...

  • India After Gandhiby Ramachandra Guha

    Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 15.98

    Born against a background of privation and civil war, divided along lines of caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. Ramachandra Guha?s hugely acclaimed book tells the full story - the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories - of the world?s largest and least likely democracy. While India is sometimes the most exasperating country in the world, it is also the most interesting. Ramachandra Guha writes compellingly of the myriad protests and conflicts that have peppered the history of free India. Moving between history and biography, the story of modern India is peopled with extraordinary characters. Guha gives fresh insights on the lives and public careers of... more...

  • Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asiaby David Gosling; Ninian Smart

    Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95

    Examines the part Hinduism and Buddhism could play in resolving ecological problems facing the Indian sub-continent and South East Asia. Based on extensive fieldwork and placed in the context of religious change in the region. more...

  • Gandhi's Economic Thoughtby Ajit K. Dasgupta

    Routledge 1996; US$ 190.00

    Gandhi addressed a wide range of economic and social issues. This book explores his analysis of subjects as diverse as industrialization, industrial relations, work, leisure, and education. more...

  • India and Southeast Asiaby Mohammed Ayoob

    Routledge 1989; US$ 160.00

    Provides a close contextual analysis of India's interests and perceptions in the region during the 40 years of independence, putting it in the context of India's broad strategic and foreign policy framework including superpower relations. more...

  • History of Indiaby Hermann Kulke; Dietmar Rothermund

    Routledge 1997; US$ 36.95

    This is a compact synthesis presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present. It remains the definitive text on the nation. This is a thoroughly revised new edition, containing new research, preface and index. more...

  • How Nuclear Weapons Spreadby Frank Barnaby

    Routledge 1993; US$ 123.00

    Frank Barnaby examines the far-reaching effects - both beneficial and detrimental - of nuclear weapons, and looks in detail at the nuclear programmes of Third World countries, including India, Israel and Pakistan. more...

  • Indian Oceanby Michael Pearson

    Routledge 2003; US$ 38.95

    In this stimulating and authoritative overview, the autor looks from the sea to its shores - the land areas it influences through trade, naval power, travel and scientific exploration. more...