India in Slow Motion

Informationen zum Autor Sir Mark Tully was born in Calcutta and educated in England. He worked for the BBC in South Asia for 25 years and now works as a journalist in New Delhi. His books include No Full Stops In India! The Heart of India and Lives of Jesus. Klappentext Covering subjects as diverse as Hindu extremism! bonded child labour! Sufi mysticism! the crisis in agriculture! the persistence of political corruption and the problem of Kashmir! the athor presents a picture of India that is at once poignant! funny! startling! and deeply humane. Zusammenfassung Mark Tully is incomparable. No one has a greater understanding of the passions, the contradictions, the humour, the tragedy and the staggering resilience that constitute India. In his long awaited new book, he delves further than ever before into this country of one billion people. Covering subjects as diverse as Hindu extremism, bonded child labour, Sufi mysticism, the crisis in agriculture, the persistence of political corruption and the problem of Kashmir, he paints a picture of India at once poignant, funny, startling and deeply humane.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Tully, Tully Mark, Gillian Wright
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.11.2003
• EAN: 9780140282085
• ISBN: 978-0-14-028208-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Pictorials, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, India, Travel writing, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works