India : a portrait /
Patrick French.
- New Delhi : Allen Mane an i mprint of Penguin, 2011.
- xi, 435 p.: ill.; 24cm.
- Non-fiction / Read more .
"An intimate biography of 1.2 billion people"
Includes bibliographical references (p.393-417) and index.
I. Rashtra: nation; accelerated history; there Will be blood; the centrifuge; family politics.--- II. Lakshmi: wealth; the visions of John Maynard Keynes; a Dismal prospect; Falcon 900; a Quarry near Mysore.--- III. Samaj: society; the outcastes revenge; 4ever; solace of religion; only in India.
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India--History--1947- India--Politics and government--1947- India--Economic conditions--1947- India--Social conditions--1947- India--Historia--1947- India--Politica y gobierno--1947-