The Age Of Aspiration by Dilip Hiro
Dilip Hiro's Inside India Today (Routledge, 2014; orig. 1976), 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 liberalisation that began in 1991, which ushered India into the era of globalisation. Hiro describes how India has been reengineered not only in its economy but also in its politics and cultural mores. A masterful panorama, The Age of Aspiration covers the whole social spectrum of Indians at home and abroad.
Praise for The Age of Aspiration:
"Hiro (The Longest August) develops a dense, intriguing analysis of India’s complex sociopolitical climate since 1991, when the country launched extensive neoliberal reformsThe book reveals the gap between astonishing technological developments and the worsening status of the poor. While appreciative of the information technology education that gives Indian students a competitive edge throughout the world, Hiro points out that the benefits of the boom have gone to those at the top and the middle, leaving the bottom stagnating.’"
Publishers Weekly
"[M]eticulously researched and exhaustively detailed . . . Hiro’s work provides a stunning indictment of the fashionable idea echoed endlessly by mainstream pundits of a politically and economically healthy, thriving, democratic India. . . . The Age of Aspiration is replete with colorful and sordid tales of sleaze and corruption that follow politicians and businessmen alike. . . . Hiro’s narrative provides a compelling case for just how distorted of a democracy’ India has become."
In These Times
"Hiro looks at the impact of globalization both on villagers and on the institutions involved, thus encompassing both the small and big pictures...Hiro examines the incredibly powerful Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley; and the continued role of the Maoist Naxalites... As comprehensive and knowledgeable as Hiro’s earlier Inside India Today (1977; reissued 2013).” Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Dilip Hiro:
"Hiro is a model political analyst. His approach is as incorrigibly nonpartisan as it is methodical."
The Sunday Times
Praise for Dilip Hiro’s Secrets and Lies:
"Deeply informed."
Noam Chomsky
"An extraordinary account Hiro has fashioned a well-rounded, thought-provoking story about the Bush administration’s bellicose preparations, the invasion and the postwar headaches."
Stanley Meisler, Los Angeles Times
Praise for After Empire:
"Dilip Hiro writes from an unabashedly un-American point of view. It is arresting to see a familiar subject assume an unfamiliar shape."
The Economist
"Hiro (The Longest August) develops a dense, intriguing analysis of India’s complex sociopolitical climate since 1991, when the country launched extensive neoliberal reformsThe book reveals the gap between astonishing technological developments and the worsening status of the poor. While appreciative of the information technology education that gives Indian students a competitive edge throughout the world, Hiro points out that the benefits of the boom have gone to those at the top and the middle, leaving the bottom stagnating.’"
Publishers Weekly
"[M]eticulously researched and exhaustively detailed . . . Hiro’s work provides a stunning indictment of the fashionable idea echoed endlessly by mainstream pundits of a politically and economically healthy, thriving, democratic India. . . . The Age of Aspiration is replete with colorful and sordid tales of sleaze and corruption that follow politicians and businessmen alike. . . . Hiro’s narrative provides a compelling case for just how distorted of a democracy’ India has become."
In These Times
"Hiro looks at the impact of globalization both on villagers and on the institutions involved, thus encompassing both the small and big pictures...Hiro examines the incredibly powerful Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley; and the continued role of the Maoist Naxalites... As comprehensive and knowledgeable as Hiro’s earlier Inside India Today (1977; reissued 2013).” Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Dilip Hiro:
"Hiro is a model political analyst. His approach is as incorrigibly nonpartisan as it is methodical."
The Sunday Times
Praise for Dilip Hiro’s Secrets and Lies:
"Deeply informed."
Noam Chomsky
"An extraordinary account Hiro has fashioned a well-rounded, thought-provoking story about the Bush administration’s bellicose preparations, the invasion and the postwar headaches."
Stanley Meisler, Los Angeles Times
Praise for After Empire:
"Dilip Hiro writes from an unabashedly un-American point of view. It is arresting to see a familiar subject assume an unfamiliar shape."
The Economist
Hiro, Dilip: - DILIP HIRO is an author, playwright, and journalist who has written 14 books about the Middle East and contributed to several others. His articles have appeared in newspapers such as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and he is a frequent commentator on the region for various radio and television networks around the world including the BBC in London and CNN and NPR in the United States.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781620971307 |
| ISBN 10 | 1620971305 |
| Title | The Age Of Aspiration |
| Author | Dilip Hiro |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The New Press |
| Year published | 2016-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 382 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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