{"product_id":"india-becoming-a-portrait-of-life-in-modern-india-paperback","title":"India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAkash Kapur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' and Writers' Pick 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Contributors' Pick 2012\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003e\"Must Read on Modern India\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"For people who savored Katherine Boo's \u003ci\u003eBehind the Beautiful Forevers\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Evan Osnos, newyorker.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eBetter To Have Gone, a\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e portrait of the incredible change and economic development of modern India, and of social and national transformation there told through individual lives\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raised in India, and educated in the U.S., Akash Kapur returned to India in 2003 to raise a family. What he found was an ancient country in transition. In search of the life that he and his wife want to lead, he meets an array of Indians who teach him much about the realities of this changed country: an old landowner sees his rural village destroyed by real estate developments, and crime and corruption breaking down the feudal authority; a 21-year-old single woman and a 35-year-old divorcee exploring the new cultural allowances for women; and a young gay man coming to terms with his sexual identity - something never allowed him a generation ago.\u003cbr\u003eAs Akash and his wife struggle to find the right balance between growth and modernity and the simplicity and purity they had known from the Indian countryside a decade ago, they ultimately find a country that \"has begun to dream.\" But also one that may be moving away too quickly from the valuable ways in which it is different.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkash Kapur \u003c\/b\u003eis the former writer of the \"Letter from India\" column for the \u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been picked up in the Week in Review section of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eon occasion. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard University, and a doctorate in Law from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He consults on development and media law for a number of organizations, including the United Nations. He lives outside Pondicherry in Southern India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769394495776,"sku":"9781594486531","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a3da95415197a28a6195737d3ee0bb20.webp?v=1780346998","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/india-becoming-a-portrait-of-life-in-modern-india-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}