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100 1 _aTharoor, Shashi,
_d1956-
245 1 4 _aThe elephant, the tiger, and the cell phone :
_breflections on India, the emerging 21st-century power /
_cShashi Tharoor.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bArcade Pub. :
_bDistributed by Hachette Book Group USA,
_cc2007.
300 _axii, 498 p. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 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
520 _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.
651 0 _aIndia
_xCivilization
_y21st century.
651 0 _aIndia
_xPolitics and government
_y21st century.
651 0 _aIndia
_xSocial conditions
_y21st century.
651 0 _aIndia
_xEconomic conditions
_y21st century.
651 4 _aIndia
_xCivilización
_ySiglo 21.
651 4 _aIndia
_xPolítica y gobierno
_ySiglo 21.
651 4 _aIndia
_xCondiciones económicas
_ySiglo 21.
651 4 _aIndia
_xCondiciones sociales
_ySiglo 21.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aTharoor, Shashi, 1956-
_tElephant, the tiger, and the cell phone.
_b1st ed.
_dNew York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Hachette Book Group USA, c2007
_w(OCoLC)608323392
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