India Calling
- ISBN-10
- 1458763099
- ISBN-13
- 9781458763099
- Series
- India Calling
- Category
- Families
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-28
- Publisher
- ReadHowYouWant.com
- Author
- Anand Giridharadas
Description
Reversing his parents immigrant path, a young writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new. Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, Were all trying to go that way, pointing to the rear. You, youre going this way. Giridharadas was...
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Other editions
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- 2001
- 262 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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