India's unending journey / Mark Tully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tully, Mark.

Contributor:

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tully, Mark.

Radio broadcasters--Great Britain--Biography.

Radio broadcasters.

Authors, English.

English.

Great Britain.

India.

Radio broadcasters--India--Biography.

English--India.

Authors, English--India--20th century--Biography.

India--Civilization--1947-.

Civilization.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 278 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Rider, 2007.

Summary:

In this incisive and timely work, Sir Mark Tully considers how well India reconciles opposites, marries the sensual with the sacred, finds a balance between the acceptance of fate and freewill, and treats certainty with suspicion.

As one of the world's leading writers and broadcasters on India, as well as presenter of the much loved radio programme, 'Something Understood', he not only explains the impact of the sub-continent on his own life and beliefs but also looks closely at what we can learn today from this fascinating and colourful country. Much more than a travelogue, India's Unending Journey is thus a remarkable adventure into the human spirit itself.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Puri: exploring the opposites 1

Chapter 2 Marlborough: an education in absolutes 21

Chapter 3 Delhi: an Indian understanding 39

Chapter 4 Raipur: a god too small 72

Chapter 5 Cambridge: lessons in humility 100

Chapter 6 Maynooth: losing faith 127

Chapter 7 Khajuraho: the sensual and the sacred 151

Chapter 8 The Global Village: in search of balance 174

Chapter 9 Gurgaon: never-ending growth 200

Chapter 10 Darjeeling: counting costs 224

Chapter 11 Varanasi: the unity of opposites 248.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

9781846040177

1846040175

OCLC:

77797342