India Booms: The Breathtaking Development and Influence of Modern India
John Farndon
Language: English
Pages: 272
ISBN: B0031RSA2E
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The ancient birthplace of some of the world's major religions and now a modern nuclear power, India is experiencing spectacular economic growth. In twenty-five years its population will overtake that of China, making it one of the most populous and rapidly-developing countries in the world. We all need to know more about this intriguing country.
John Farndon explores the changing face of modern-day India and its fundamental contradictions. The country is leading the world in cutting edge technology and research, but it is also home to 40 per cent of the world's malnourished children. It is a liberal democracy, yet its political processes are influenced by some of the most conservative religious ideas in the world. The booming economy is at times both global and archaic. Getting to the heart of these inconsistencies, Farndon gives a fascinating insight into the country as it is now and as it will be in the future, and reveals how the changes in India will affect us all.
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The Indian electorate, says, ‘Those who believe India is moving towards a two- party system are indulging in wishful thinking’. It’s easy to think of a bipolar scene with Congress the focus on one side and the BJP the focus on the other. In fact, support for both the major parties has dwindled dramatically in recent years. In the 2004 elections, Congress and BJP combined won only just over half the seats in the Lok Sabha. In government, even the UPA cannot govern by itself but has to rely on the.
Discourage Muslims from joining the Congress party and to encourage them to join the Muslim League led by Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Jinnah never had the support of more than a minority of elite Muslims, but the British treated him as if he was a spokesperson for all India’s Muslims. When in 1939, Britain declared war on India’s behalf – not giving them the chance to make the choice for themselves as they probably would have done – all the Congress state governments resigned in protest. Soon after,.
It clear that he wants barriers between the two countries to dissolve. ‘I dream of a day when one can have breakfast in Amritsar, lunch in Lahore and dinner in Kabul. This is how my forefathers lived. That is how I want our grandchildren to live.’ Despite the turbulence in Pakistan after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the election and arrival in office of the Pakistan’s People Party actually signalled a resumption in the peace talks. Soon after Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza.
Air-conditioned offices earning them the kind of money that makes them ‘crorepatis’ (Mumbai’s super-rich with a fortune of over Rs 1 crore, or 10 million rupees) by the time they are 30. Accommodation is at such a premium that Mumbai’s masses of poor migrants simply cannot find anywhere to live, let alone anywhere affordable. This is a city in which not just thousands, but hundreds of thousands sleep rough every night, on pavements, in doorways, behind crates, in ditches, in drainage pipes – and.
London and New York inspired interiors are opening. Smart clubs pump away RnB late into the night. And all over the city bright young things are yabbering away on their mobiles or sipping cappuccinos in Baristas (India’s answer to Starbucks). But of course, the cows are still there in the streets as they always have been; and old men smoke beedis as they always have done. Maybe it’s a sign of the times, though, that street children meet tourists at the station to offer them a quick package tour.