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The elephant, the tiger, and the cell phone : reflections on India, the emerging 21st-century power /
"In this book Tharoor describes the vast changes that have recently transformed this once sleeping giant into a world leader in the realms of 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 t...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New Delhi
Penguin Viking
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | "In this book Tharoor describes the vast changes that have recently transformed this once sleeping giant into a world leader in the realms of 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." "In his characteristically lucid prose Tharoor discusses the strengths and weaknesses of his rapidly changing homeland in five areas - politics, economics, culture, society, and sports. Artfully combining hard facts and statistics with opinion and observation, he takes a fresh look at the world's second most populous country."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 387 p. ; |
| ISBN: | 9781559708616 (alk. paper) 1559708611 (alk. paper) 9781559708630 (pbk.) 1559708638 (pbk.) |