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India: A Portrait (2010)

by Patrick French(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0307272435 (ISBN13: 9780307272430)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: Out of the many Socio/Economic/Historical writings on India that I have read, this books quite clearly stands out as one of the most brilliant. French's curious yet neutral analysis of India is categorized into three section Political/Economic/Social. But it isnt very distinctly separated, with quite a lot of overlapping. Its written quite lucidly including occasional jokes(Funniest was the reference to Lal Krishna Advani's RSS feed). Quite a fun read.
review 2: I enjoyed the book. After having lived in India between 2005 and 2009 this was an interesting reminder of the wonders (good and bad) of a country which I like so much - both a reminder and an update. The book has a structure (politics - economy - society) imposed on it but within that structure it is a ... morefairly loose collection of what are more like magazine articles than a coherent book. However, it's still a good read overall. less

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