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

By: Publication details: London : New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2006. [2013]Edition: 1st edDescription: 438 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780143421252
  • 0374173214 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780374173210
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.05 22
LOC classification:
  • DS337 .M58 2006
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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Book Book BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) General Stacks BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) General Stacks 954.05 MIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 3050027887
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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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