The defeat of a congressman :: and other parables of modern India
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A Knopf : 1992Description: xvi, 313 pISBN: 0394573994 Uniform titles: No full stops in India Subject(s): Politics and government-India CivilizationDDC classification: 954.05 Summary: Here, BBC correspondent Tully, a Calcutta native who lives in New Delhi, describes India as a functioning anarchy, a corrupt, chaotic place whose denizens often must pay bribes even to get a bank loan. Tully limns an India torn between rabidly imitating the West and clinging to traditional values.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"Originally published in Great Britain as No full stops in India by Penguin Books Ltd., London, in 1991"--T.p. verso.
Here, BBC correspondent Tully, a Calcutta native who lives in New Delhi, describes India as a functioning anarchy, a corrupt, chaotic place whose denizens often must pay bribes even to get a bank loan. Tully limns an India torn between rabidly imitating the West and clinging to traditional values.
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