In beautiful prose and street-level reporting, Daniel Lak argues that India has become a global superpower because of its religion, caste, politics, and poverty and not in spite of it. INDICE: Introduction - Debugging the Millennium: Y2K and India - From TechSupport to Tutoring: India's Online Revolution - Silicon and Slums: New Economy, Old Problems - Watching the Numbers: Early Warnings of India's Woes - Fighting for Freedom: A Colonial Legacy - Democracy, Dynasty and Devolution: Transferring Power in India - The New Freedom Struggle: India's Activists in Action- Educating India Then and Now: A Journey from Light to Darkness - Hinduism and its Discontents: Strength Amid Weakness - Nuking the Soft State: How India Learned to Love the Bomb - Becoming Asia's America: The Next Liberal Superpower? - Conclusion - Notes - Acknowledgments - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61759-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés