Vishnu's Crowded Temple

Maria Misra

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: ALLEN LANE

Publication Date : 02/08/2007

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A major, contentious and highly entertaining new history of India, from its nadir after the Great Mutiny of 1857 to the extraordinary economic growth of today, celebrating the defy the simple categorisation of this remarkable country. Again, this book is published to mark the anniversary of Indian independence.

Publisher's description:

There can be few more discussed countries in the world than India. This book provides a history which allow us to understand the historical trajectory of this emerging third-world super-state. It dramatizes the dynamic counterpoint between the resilient Indian people and a succession of ambitious, if flawed visions of the nation.

ISBN: 9780713993677