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The elephant, the tiger and the cellphone by Shashi Tharoor [hardcover]

The elephant, the tiger and the cellphone by Shashi Tharoor [hardcover]

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For more than four decades after Independence, India was associated with the plodding, somnolent elephant, comfortably resting on the achievements of centuries gone by. Then in the early 1990s, the elephant seemed to wake up from its slumber and slowly begin to change-until today, some see it morphing into a tiger. So what does the twenty-first century hold for India? Will it bring the strength of the tiger and the size of an elephant to bear upon the world? Or will it remain an elephant at heart? In this companion volume to the bestselling India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond, Shashi Tharoor analyses the forces that have made twenty-first century India and could yet unmake it.

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Shashi Tharoor is an acclaimed Indian author, diplomat, and politician. He served as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and is a Member of Parliament in India. Tharoor has authored numerous books, including The Great Indian Novel and An Era of Darkness. His works often explore themes of Indian identity, history, and global politics.

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