A monumental biography of the subcontinent from the award-winning author of *The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul*. Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the new century, India is fast undergoing
Portrait of India
β Scribed by Ved Mehta
- Book ID
- 111305616
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 601 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9789351182771
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Portrait of India (1970) is a vivid account of 60s' India and some of its most
interesting figuresβIndira Gandhi, Jaya Prakash Narayan and Satyajit
Ray, among others. Travelling across the country from the Himalayas to
Kerala, through its villages and cities, Ved Mehta's observations of and
insights into India remain relevant and thought-provoking even today.
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