Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux , 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 323 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0374173214 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780374173210
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.05 MIS
Contents:
Benares : learning to read -- Allahabad : the Nehrus, the Gandhis, and democracy -- Ayodhya : the modernity of Hinduism -- Bollywood : India shining -- Kashmir : the cost of nationalism -- Pakistan : jihad globalized -- Afghanistan : communists, mullahs, and warlords -- Nepal : the "People's war" -- Tibet : a backward country.
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Libro - Monografía Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. 954.05 MIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 025530

Essays first appearing in slightly different forms in The New York Review of Books, Granta, The New York Times Magazine, and the Guardian Weekend Magazine.

Benares : learning to read -- Allahabad : the Nehrus, the Gandhis, and democracy -- Ayodhya : the modernity of Hinduism -- Bollywood : India shining -- Kashmir : the cost of nationalism -- Pakistan : jihad globalized -- Afghanistan : communists, mullahs, and warlords -- Nepal : the "People's war" -- Tibet : a backward country.

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