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100			_aShashi Tharoor
245			_aThe elephant, the tiger, and the cell phone. _hEnglish _bReflections on India, in the 21st-Century
260			_aUSA _bPenguin _c2007
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500			_a Interest in India has never been greater. Here Shashi Tharoor, one of the subcontinent's most respected writers and diplomats, offers precious insights into this complex, multifaceted land, which despite its dazzling diversity of languages, customs, and cultures remains-more than sixty years after its founding-the world's largest democracy. He describes the vast changes that have transformed this once sleeping giant into a world leader in science and technology, a nation once poverty-stricken that now boasts a middle class of over 300 million people-as large as the entire population.
650			_aEconomic history
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aSocial conditions
650			_aIndia -- Civilization -- 21st century.
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