Author: MISHRA, PANKAJ
Title: Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra
Description: New York : Farrar. Straus. and Giroux 2006. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 323 pages; 323 p. ; 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. 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. Subjects: Mishra. Pankaj - Travel - South Asia. South Asia - Description and travel. South Asia - Civilization - Western influences.ISBN: 0374173214. Weight in Kg appr.:

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