Tharoor shares his insight into the complex and intriguing culture of. Reflections on india, the emerging 21stcentury power author shashi tharoor original book format paperback number of pages 404 pages filetype pdf epub mobi kindle filesize 9. As india turns 60, shashi tharoor, novelist and essayist, reminds us of the paradox that is india, the elephant that is becoming a tiger. The elephant, the tiger, and the cell phone reflections on india, the emerging 21stcentury power by shashi tharoor. Each article is wellwritten, and tharoor is a charming and knowledgeable guide. Buy the elephant, the tiger and the cellphone book online at best prices in india on. Asia society and the south asia journalists association saja host the new york launch of tharoors new book. Normally a bibliophile like me always carry a book on an official trip or even when staying with my relatives. The elephant, the tiger and the cellphone overview for more than four decades after gaining independence, india, with its massive size and population, staggering poverty and slow rate of growth, was associated with the plodding, somnolent elephant, comfortably resting on its achievements of centuries gone by. Morrison the elephant, the tiger, and the cellphone. Shashi tharoors the elephant, the tiger, and the cell phone is not a coherent single work. Reflections on india, the emerging 21stcentury power. In his latest work, the elephant, the tiger, and the cell phone, former undersecretarygeneral of the united nations dr.
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