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A New Republic Editors' and Writers' Pick 2012

A New Yorker Contributors' Pick 2012
A Newsweek "Must Read on Modern India"

“For people who savored Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers.”—Evan Osnos, newyorker.com

A portrait of the incredible change and economic development of modern India, and of social and national transformation there told through individual lives

Raised in India, and educated in the U.S., Akash Kapur returned to India in 2003 to raise a family. What he found was an ancient country in transition. In search of the life that he and his wife want to lead, he meets an array of Indians who teach him much about the realities of this changed country: an old landowner sees his rural village destroyed by real estate developments, and crime and corruption breaking down the feudal authority; a 21-year-old single woman and a 35-year-old divorcee exploring the new cultural allowances for women; and a young gay man coming to terms with his sexual identity – something never allowed him a generation ago.

As Akash and his wife struggle to find the right balance between growth and modernity and the simplicity and purity they had known from the Indian countryside a decade ago, they ultimately find a country that “has begun to dream.” But also one that may be moving away too quickly from the valuable ways in which it is different.

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Akash Kapur is the former writer of the “Letter from India” column for the International Herald Tribune, which has been picked up in the Week in Review section of The New York Times on occasion. He has also written for The Atlantic, The Economist, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review. He holds a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard University, and a doctorate in Law from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He consults on development and media law for a number of organizations, including the United Nations. He lives outside Pondicherry in Southern India.

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Título India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India
Autor Akash Kapur
Encuadernación Tapa blanda
Edición Reprint
Páginas 336
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Riverhead Books
Fecha de publicación 2013-03-05
ISBN 9781594486531 / 1594486530
Peso 0.6 libras (0.27 kg)
Dimensiones 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 pulgadas (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
Época de 18 a UP años
Cursos 13 - UP
Temas
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Indian
Dewey Decimal Code 330.954

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“A fascinating look at the transformation of India, with broader lessons on the upside and downside of progress.”—Booklist (starred)

“[A] Lively, anecdotal look at the people who have been vastly changed by the entrepreneurial explosion in India. . . . An honest, conflicted glimpse of a country.”—Kirkus

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New York Times Book Review, 04/07/2013, Page 28

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Akash Kapur is the former writer of the "Letter from India" column for the International Herald Tribune, which has been picked up in the Week in Review section of The New York Times on occasion. He has also written for The Atlantic, The Economist, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review. He holds a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard University, and a doctorate in Law from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He consults on development and media law for a number of organizations, including the United Nations. He lives outside Pondicherry in Southern India.

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