{"product_id":"india-calling-paperback","title":"India Calling - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnand Giridharadas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Golob\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] smart, evocative and sharply observed memoir . . . Giridharadas's narrative gusto makes the familiar fresh.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, \"We're all trying to go that way,\" pointing to the rear. \"You, you're going this way?\"Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors, amid an unlikely economic boom. But he was more interested in its cultural upheaval, as a new generation has sought to reconcile old traditions and customs with new ambitions and dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIndia Calling\u003c\/i\u003e, he brings to life the people and the dilemmas of India today, through the prism of his émigré family history and his childhood memories of India. He introduces us to entrepreneurs, radicals, industrialists, and religious seekers, but, most of all, to Indian families. Through their stories, and his own, he paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnand Giridharadas\u003c\/b\u003e writes the \"Currents\" column for the \u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e online. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a graduate of the University of Michigan, he worked in Bombay as a management consultant until 2005, when he began reporting from that city for the \u003ci\u003eHerald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e. He now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.16 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385095078137,"sku":"9781250001726","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SzVTblRnaldlNXpBdFdFNFZYOWg3Zz09.webp?v=1770171977","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/india-calling-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}