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Kamdar, Mira.
India -- History -- 21st century.
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India
in the
21st
century
/ Mira Kamdar.
by
Kamdar, Mira.
Oxford University Press, c2018.
Call #:
954.053 K12i
Subjects
India
-- History --
21st
century
.
Series
What everyone needs to know.
ISBN:
9780199973590 (pbk.)
9780199973606 (hc)
Alternate title:
India
in the twenty-first
century
Description:
xvi, 244 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
Summary:
Explores
India
's history, including its colonial legacy and independence movement; the political and social structures in place today; its rapidly growing economy and financial system; the geopolitical landscape of the
21st
century
and
India
's place in global politics; and the environmental concerns faced by the country, among other topics. She explores
India
's contradictions and complications, from its worringly narrow politics of patronage to its willingness to censor information by banning books and controlling internet content. At the same time, Kamdar celebrates the merging of
India
's muticultural landscape and deep artistic and intellectual heritage with the dawning of the Information Age and the expansion of mass media, which have made it one of the world's 21st-century cultural powerhouses.
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