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Release : 1895
Genre : Religions
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Book Synopsis Thoughts and aspirations of the ages: selections in prose and verse from the religions of the world by :
Download or read book Thoughts and aspirations of the ages: selections in prose and verse from the religions of the world written by . This book was released on 1895. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dilip Hiro
Release : 2015-10-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Age of Aspiration by : Dilip Hiro
Download or read book The Age of Aspiration written by Dilip Hiro. This book was released on 2015-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro's Inside India Today, 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 liberalization that began in 1991, which ushered India into the era of globalization. Hiro describes how India has been reengineered not only in its economy but also in its politics and cultural mores. Places such as Gurgaon and Noida on the outskirts of Delhi have been transformed from nondescript towns into forests of expensive high-rise residential and commercial properties. Businessmen in Bollywood movies, once portrayed as villains, are now often the heroes. The marginal, right-wing Hindu militants of the past now rule the nominally secular nation, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their avatar, one whose electoral victory was funded by big business. Hiro provides a gripping account of the role played by Indians who have settled in the United States and Britain since 1991 in boosting India's GDP. But he also highlights the negatives: the exponential growth in sleaze in the public and private sectors, the impoverishment of farmers, and the rise in urban slums. A masterful panorama, The Age of Aspiration covers the whole social spectrum of Indians at home and abroad.
Author : Randy Pausch
Release : 2010
Genre : Cancer
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Book Rating : 504/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Last Lecture by : Randy Pausch
Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Author : Charles Taylor
Release : 2018-09-17
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 911/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Secular Age by : Charles Taylor
Download or read book A Secular Age written by Charles Taylor. This book was released on 2018-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others.
Author : Anthony Sampson
Release : 1988
Genre : Reference
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Book Rating : 444/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of Ages by : Anthony Sampson
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Ages written by Anthony Sampson. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ingenious anthology of quotations compiles the wit and wisdom of some of the more remarkable figures of the past and present, as they reflect on their achievements, aspirations--and what it means to be a certain age.
