22 official languages more than 32 000 Hindu gods & goddesses & over one billion people
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A new edition of the most authoritative & highly-regarded single-volume history of India. Fully revised to include the most recent research & to cover events from partition to the present day. In ' India: A History' five millennia of the sub-continent's history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India & the Far East. This definitive work combines narrative pace & skill with social economic & cultural analysis. India's history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley regressing to a tribal & pastoral nomadism & then evolving into a uniquely stratified society. The pattern of inward invasion plus outward migration was established early: from Alexander the Great via the march of Islam & the great Moghuls to the coming of the East India Company & the establishment of the British Raj. Older richer & more distinctive than almost any other India's culture furnishes all that the historian could wish for in the way of continuity & diversity. The peoples of the Indian subcontinent while sharing a common history & culture are not now & never have been a single unitary state; the book accommodates Pakistan & Bangladesh as well as other embryonic nation states like the Sikh Punjab Muslim Kashmir & Assam. In this brilliant new edition John Keay continues the narrative of India's history -- covering events from partition to the present day & examining the very different fortunes of the three successor states: Pakistan Bangladesh & the Republic of India. Based on the latest research this is an indispensible history of a country set to be a definitive influence on the future of world economics politics & culture. ...

Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him & said Were all trying to go that way pointing to the rear. You youre going this way? Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors amid an unlikely economic boom. But he was interested less in its gold rush than in its cultural upheaval as a new generation has sought to reconcile old traditions & customs with new ambitions & dreams. In India Calling" Giridharadas brings to life the people & the dilemmas of India today through the prism of his emigre family history & his childhood memories of India. He introduces us to entrepreneurs radicals industrialists & religious seekers but most of all to Indian families. He shows how parents & children husbands & wives cousins & siblings are reinventing relationships bending the meaning of Indianness & enduring the pangs of the old birthing the new. Through their stories & his own he paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself." ...

The enigmatic sub-continent cannot fail to bewilder bemuse frustrate & captivate even the most seasoned traveller. With up-to-minute recommendations the 18th edition of Footprints revered & authoritative guide offers comprehensive advice on how to get the most from your trip. Whether you want to escape it all at a rural retreat learn yoga in Goa hike the Himalayas or be dazzled by Bollywood this guide tells you everything you need to know. * Critically acclaimed with unparalleled depth & coverage ensuring travellers see the real India * Covering the lesser-travelled & more remote Northeastern states enabling you to get off the beaten track * Fantastic listings for all budgets * Detailed mapping & planning sections perfect for navigating your way round this vast country *

Includes:: information on how to get there & how to get around plus carefully planned itineraries to help you have the best possible experience whether youre traveling for a week or a month * The heart of the guide is divided by country & region giving comprehensive information on Delhi Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Haryana & Punjab Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir West Benal Sikkim Northeastern Hill States Orissa Bihar & Jharkhand Andaman & Nicobar Islands Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Goa & Gujarat * Detailed listings on where to sleep eat & play are provided for every region enabling you to have an even better travel experience. India strikes the visitor with a sensory intellectual spiritual & philosophical assault thats unmatched by any other place on earth. Let Footprint help you navigate this extraordinary country with this new 18th edition Handbook.

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Indias is a tale of private success & public failure. Prosperity is indeed spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the worlds fastest-growing economies when its governed by a weak ineffective state? & wouldnt it be wonderful if India also grew during the day-in other words if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs Gurcharan Das argues is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate; & finally it would be accountable to the people. However India has always had a weak state & a strong society says Das which means that achieving something better will be an uphill struggle. ...

India is on the up. Historically derided as the lumbering elephant of Asia this vast sub-continent has quickened its pace. The economy is booming. Tens of millions have been pulled out of poverty. Software & service companies abound. Millionaire entrepreneurs are springing up at every turn. Bollywood is going global & Indian expats are flooding back home. What's more these changes are occurring within the world's largest democracy
- a far cry from neighbouring China. But who & what lies behind India's apparent ascendency? In India Rising" Oliver Balch takes the voices & stories of everyday Indians & presents a fresh vivid highly personalised account of the changes as they are unfolding. Travelling the length & breadth of the country Balch leads readers off the tourist trail & onto the streets of modern day India. From cricket stadiums & shopping malls to rural schools & shanty towns the book blends the best of reportage & travel writing to get under the skin of this nation in transition. What emerges is a captivating portrait of a country at a crossroads. Old versus New. Global versus local. India's march into the twenty-first century is full of tensions & uncertainties. But so too is it brimming with optimism & hope. With over half of its billion plus population under the age of twenty-five India's future will be written by its youth. In describing their hopes & exploring their fears " India Rising" unpicks what makes this vast nation tick & asks where it's heading."
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A brand new edition Nelles Map with a scale of 1:1.5 Million. It features transport systems rail networks physical relief mapping & distance indicators. Major tourist sites are highlighted & the high quality paper ensures durability & easy folding. ...

Disaster has struck Fairyland! Jack Frost has stolen all the jewels from Queen Titania's crown. Without them the fairies' magic dust is losing its power. Rachel & Kirsty have to help India the Moonstone Fairy Scarlett the Garnet Fairy Emily the Emerald Fairy Chloe the Topaz Fairy Amy the Amethyst Fairy Sophie the Sapphire Fairy & Lucy the Diamond Fairy
- to get the jewels back...before it's too late. in this book Rachel & Kirsty must help India find her magical moonstone so dreams can be enjoyed by everyone once again!
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This title shows you Indian birds as you may never have seen them before! In these pages you can see the details of creatures that otherwise one might be able to afford only a glimpse of. This book of photographic portraits presents both common & seldom seen birds of the Indian subcontinent in their habitats not just as a way to more clearly identify & hence understand them but also because it recognises the important role that environment plays in their survival. The future of birds not only rests on the preservation of their habitats the avian population is itself an important indication of the health of the environment. Birds typically have evolved through their ability to exploit a certain ecological niche. Although the environment a particular bird prefers over another is seldom a defining characteristic such classification can help in identifying birds in the field & provide valuable data towards understanding their behaviour. ...

January 1913 Cambridge. G.H. Hardy
- eccentric charismatic & considered the greatest British mathematician of his age
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