India in the 21st century

Mira Kamdar explores India in all its complexity--from its ancient civilization and kingdoms to its days as a British colony, and from its independence to the current moment and its challenges. Kamdar expertly navigates India's contradictions and complications, while celebrating the merging of its artistic and intellectual heritage with the Iinformation Age. This book is isdispensable to anyone seeking to understand contemporary India.--book cover.