The End of Karma - Hope and Fury Among India's Young

This "remarkable new book" (The Observer) is an exploration of the new India through the lens of young people from different worlds: a woman who becomes a Maoist rebel; a brother charged for the murder of his sister who had married the "wrong" man; and a woman who opposes her family and hopes to become a police officer. They are making new demands on India's democracy for equality of opportunity, dignity for girls and civil liberties. Somini Sengupta spotlights these stories of ordinary people, weaving together a portrait of a country in turmoil.

About the author

Somini Sengupta, a George Polk Award–winning journalist, covers the United Nations for The New York Times, for which she was previously the bureau chief in Dakar and New Delhi. She was born in Calcutta and lives in New York.

Summary

A penetrating, personal look at contemporary India—the world’s largest democracy at a moment of transition.

Product details

• Authors: Somini Sengupta, Sengupta Somini
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2017
• EAN: 9780393353600
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35360-0
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 195 g
• Illustrations: 10 illustrations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, India, Developing Countries, Political structures: democracy, Social discrimination & inequality, Development Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice, Global South / Developing countries