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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Hiro, Dilip, author.     Subjects     Globalization -- Social aspects -- India.     Social change -- India.     Power (Social sciences) -- India.     Wealth -- Social aspects -- India.     Political culture -- India.     Social conflict -- India.     East Indians -- Great Britain.     East Indians -- California.     India -- Economic policy -- 1991-     India -- Social conditions -- 1947-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hiro, Dilip, author.       by title:      The age of aspiratio...         MARC Display

The age of aspiration : power, wealth, and conflict in globalizing India / Dilip Hiro. by Hiro, Dilip, author. New York : The New Press, 2015. Subjects Globalization -- Social aspects -- India.   Social change -- India.   Power (Social sciences) -- India.   Wealth -- Social aspects -- India.   Political culture -- India.   Social conflict -- India.   East Indians -- Great Britain.   East Indians -- California.   India -- Economic policy -- 1991-   India -- Social conditions -- 1947- ISBN:  9781620971307 : 1620971305 Description:  xvii, 381 pages : maps ; 25 cm Edition:  Revised edition. Contents:  Gurgaon : Shining City with a Dark Underbelly -- Britain : A Magnet for Indian Companies -- The Indian Diaspora in America's Valley of Fortune -- The Scandalous Neglect of India's Agriculture -- Slums on the Rise -- Sleaze Grows Exponentially -- Maoists in the Mineral-Rich Heartland -- Innovations and Distortions of Indian Democracy -- Perspectives from the Grassroots -- Overview and Conclusions -- Epilogue. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro's Inside India Today, banned by Indira Gandhi's government, was acclaimed by The Guardian as simply 'the best book on India.' Now Hiro returns to his native country to chronicle the impact of the dramatic economic liberalization that began in 1991, which ushered India into the era of globalization. Hiro describes how India has been reengineered not only in its economy but also in its politics and cultural mores. Places such as Gurgaon and Noida on the outskirts of Delhi have been transformed from nondescript towns into forests of expensive high-rise residential and commercial properties. Businessmen in Bollywood movies, once portrayed as villains, are now often the heroes. The marginal, right-wing Hindu militants of the past now rule the nominally secular nation, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their avatar, one whose electoral victory was funded by big business. Hiro provides a gripping account of the role played by Indians who have settled in the United States and Britain since 1991 in boosting India's GDP. But he also highlights the negatives: the exponential growth in sleaze in the public and private sectors, the impoverishment of farmers, and the rise in urban slums. A masterful panorama, The Age of Aspiration covers the whole social spectrum of Indians at home and abroad"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 330.954 Hi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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