03891cam a2200445 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350024000810400098001050150019002030160018002220200018002400200015002580200025002730200022002980200025003200200022003450350057003670430012004240500029004360820013004651000028004782450124005062500012006302600079006423000026007215000020007475051888007675200255026556510039029106510050029496510044029996510046030436510037030896510044031266510047031706510043032177760185032605066420230410103847.0070601s2007    nyu           001 0 eng    a  2007022834  a(OCoLC)ocn137331516  aDLCcDLCdBAKERdUKMdIEFdBTCTAdYDXCPdC#PdVP@dMIHdTBSdSMPdCQUdBNOdCHVBKdIJCdCNCGM  aGBA7642942bnb7 a0138183132Uk  a9781559708616  a1559708611  a9781559708630 (pbk.)  a1559708638 (pbk.)  a9781559708944 (pbk.)  a1559708948 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)137331516z(OCoLC)154694469z(OCoLC)225870435  aa-ii---14a412 DS 428.2bT367e 200700a954.05/31 aTharoor, Shashi,d1956-14aThe elephant, the tiger, and the cell phone :breflections on India, the emerging 21st-century power /cShashi Tharoor.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bArcade Pub. :bDistributed by Hachette Book Group USA,cc2007.  axii, 498 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes index.0 aThe invention of India -- Hinduism and Hindutva : creed and credo -- The politics of identity -- Of secularism and conversions -- On the importance of being Muslim and Indian -- Making Bollywoods India a reality -- Epic interpretations -- Hooray for Bollywood -- Democracy and demockery -- The bond that threatens? -- Crickets true spiritual home -- Good sports, bad sports -- Bad sports, bad sports -- Salad daze -- Wholly holidays -- Memories of a Bombay childhood -- Nothing to laugh about -- The Sari saga -- The challenge of literacy -- Reconstruction Nalanda -- Cops and jobbers -- Becoming bengaloorued -- Indias lost urban heritage -- The legacy of Gandhi and Nehru -- The man who saved India -- The man who stayed behind -- The man who wanted more -- Anchored in himself -- Tea and antipathy -- Smother India -- The spy who came in through the heat -- The genius lost to infinity -- The other Saint Teresa -- A polymaths politics -- Art from the heart -- Carrying his bat -- The dear departed -- Jewish portraits, Indian frames -- Southern comfort -- Gods own country -- Oh, Calcutta! -- Urbs maxima in Indis -- Of cows sacred and profane -- Of vows and vowels -- Indian realities, virtual and spiritual -- The prehistory of Indian science -- The anatomy of civil conflict -- Stephanians in the house -- Ayurveda takes off -- In defense of Delhi -- NRIs - the now required Indians -- Ajanta and Ellora in the monsoon -- The davos economy -- The myth of the Indian middle class -- Connecting to the future -- The strange rise of planet India -- Calls from the center -- Looking to the future with brand IIT -- India and soft power -- The thrilling face of a bold new India -- India, Jones, and the template of dhoom -- Heroines of rural development -- Kerala : open for business -- Shaking hands -- Trade for peace -- The dangers to Indias future -- An a to z of being Indian  aDocuments the transformation of India from a largely underdeveloped region into an innovative society, profiling it as one of the world's scientific and technological leaders while providing insight into its political, economic, and cultural climate. 0aIndiaxCivilizationy21st century. 0aIndiaxPolitics and governmenty21st century. 0aIndiaxSocial conditionsy21st century. 0aIndiaxEconomic conditionsy21st century. 4aIndiaxCivilizaciónySiglo 21. 4aIndiaxPolítica y gobiernoySiglo 21. 4aIndiaxCondiciones económicasySiglo 21. 4aIndiaxCondiciones socialesySiglo 21.08iOnline version:aTharoor, Shashi, 1956-tElephant, the tiger, and the cell phone.b1st ed.dNew York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Hachette Book Group USA, c2007w(OCoLC)608323392