Research Catalog

Title

The nowhere nation / Ashok Mitra.

Author

Mitra, Ashok, 1928-2018.

Publication

New Delhi : Viking, 2011.

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Details

Description

xiv, 224 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

With reference to India.

Subjects

• India > Economic conditions > 1991-
• India > Social conditions > 21st century
• National characteristics, East Indian
• India > Civilization > 21st century
• India > Politics and government > 21st century

Note

• "These essays were originally published in The telegraph, Calcutta"--P. [225].

Contents

THE REALITY OF DISARRAY. Beyond the round table -- A serenade to Gujarat -- Clans do not make India -- Merit and milieu -- Heathen under every bed -- Outrageous strategems -- Mother fixation -- A sense of humiliation -- Anniversaries -- Ego and destiny -- A tribute and a critique -- Beyond the veil -- Beyond invectives -- A way out for Singur -- A country, not a nation -- IN THE NAME OF REFORMS. Impolite predictions -- Reveries of equilibrium -- Standing apart -- The part is not the whole -- Deconstruct, then panic -- Be global, be mediocre -- Rest in peace -- Beyond arithmetic -- Off the agenda -- A crippling indifference -- Trickling out -- Neo-baseball, anyone? -- The time bomb -- Inflation and morals -- Cat changes colour -- PREDATORS AND PROFITEERS. Bountiful happiness -- Remember Dabhol? -- The venal layer -- Poison as prescription -- Troubles are here to stay -- Illusory well-being -- Hour of the comprador -- Big is beautiful -- Daddy knows best -- The battle for habitat -- Bunker Hill -- A sense of proportion -- All fall down -- India be proud -- Economists unbound -- WOMEN AND MEN. The brothers Sahni -- A weekly is born -- Quietly, in English -- The miracle maker -- He loved French cuisine -- Happiness and beauty -- Service before self -- All spirit and grace -- Unaware of gold -- League of youth -- We loved them once -- The master of ceremonies -- Enemies of the State -- Wreckage artist -- A moral man, a failure.

ISBN

• 0670083976
• 9780670083978

LCCN

2011323043

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries