Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond /
Mishra, Pankaj.
Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra. - 1st ed. - London : New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2006. [2013] - 438 pages ; 24 cm.
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.
9780143421252 0374173214 (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780374173210
2006011987
DS337 / .M58 2006
954.05
Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra. - 1st ed. - London : New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2006. [2013] - 438 pages ; 24 cm.
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.
9780143421252 0374173214 (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780374173210
2006011987
DS337 / .M58 2006
954.05