Originally published: New York: Times, 2011. Includes index.
Contents:
Dreams -- Ambition -- Pride -- Anger -- Love -- Freedom -- Midnight.
Summary:
Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, "We're all trying to go that way," pointing to the rear. "You, you're going this way?" Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors, amid an unlikely economic boom. But he was more interested in India's cultural upheaval, as a new generation has sought to reconcile old traditions and customs with new ambitions and dreams. In India Calling, Giridharadas brings to life the people and the dilemmas of India today, through the prism of his emigre family history, introducing us to entrepreneurs, radicals, industrialists, and religious seekers, and most of all, to Indian families. Through their stories, and his own, he paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself. - Back cover.
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