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Once the jewel in the crown of the formidable British Empire, India has been surrounded by myth for years. After gaining independence in 1947, this often misunderstood country found itself faced with a new sense of freedom - and along with it, enormous burdens and challenges. While exotic, mysterious, and seductive, it has also become an economic force to be reckoned with. With the fourth largest economy in the world, the largest youth population on Earth, and a thriving middle class, India is the second-most-preferred destination for foreign investment. But very few Americans truly understand what a rich and powerful country it has become ? or its role as a global power, center of outsourcing, and potential partner with the United States.
From the country?s thriving film industry to its burgeoning high-tech industry as well as its attempts to stabilize its economy, India Arriving offers a fascinating glimpse into the real India, with all of its assets and all of its faults. Author Rafiq Dossani goes beneath the veil surrounding India and explores the many ways it has begun to emerge onto the world stage. He explores its birth as an independent nation and forces like poltical shifts, social reform, and education that have helped to shape a new India. Honest and revelatory, India Arriving provides a deeper understanding of a country that promises to be the next major player in the world economy.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. India: Not What It Seems
Chapter 2. Nehru?s India: The Rise of State Power
Chapter 3. The Rise of States? Power
Chapter 4. The Diverse Outcomes of Federalism
Chapter 5. Corruption
Chapter 6. The English Language and India?s Future: Mental Workers or Metal Bashers?
Chapter 7. Walking on Water, or Getting into an IIT
Chapter 8. India and the IT Industry
Chapter 9. The Overseas Indian and the Multinational Firm in IT
Chapter 10. Faith and Tolerance
Chapter 11. The ABCD, NRI, and Other Species: Indians Living in America 187
Chapter 12. The Stock Exchanges of India
Chapter 13. Rural India
Chapter 14. The Media in India
Chapter 15. Different Approaches to Development? isbn
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