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Snakes and Ladders
Gita Mehta
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Description for Snakes and Ladders
Paperback. The world wants to know what contemporary India is all about. The world's largest democracy, it still practices the caste system. It's a burgeoning economic superpower, and one of the poorest nations on earth. This title discusses the continent of contradictions that is host to one-sixth of the world's population. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BG; HBJF; HBLW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 171.
With a novelist's eye for detail and colour, Gita Mehta writes of the continent of contradictions that is host to one-sixth of the world's population. The world's largest democracy, it still practices the caste system. It's a burgeoning economic superpower, and one of the poorest nations on earth. It has the world's largest film industry, and the world's oldest religions. It is an ancient civilisation celebrating fifty years as a modern nation, entering a new international order many believe will belong to China and India. Now as never before, the world wants to know what contemporary India is all about. ... Read more
With a novelist's eye for detail and colour, Gita Mehta writes of the continent of contradictions that is host to one-sixth of the world's population. The world's largest democracy, it still practices the caste system. It's a burgeoning economic superpower, and one of the poorest nations on earth. It has the world's largest film industry, and the world's oldest religions. It is an ancient civilisation celebrating fifty years as a modern nation, entering a new international order many believe will belong to China and India. Now as never before, the world wants to know what contemporary India is all about. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099268222
SKU
V9780099268222
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About Gita Mehta
In addition to her books Karma Cola, Raj, A River Sutra and Snakes and Ladders, Gita Metha has written articles for a number of Indian, European and American magazines, and filmed documentaries for European and American television. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages and published in twenty-seven countries. She lives in New York, London and India.
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