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India Becoming

India Becoming

Author(s): Akash Kapur

Location(s): India

Genre(s): Nonfiction

Era(s): 1990s onwards

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The book is divided into two parts. The first focuses on all the positives, the expanding middle classes, the proliferation of women in the workplace, the new businesses and construction and culture. The second is about the destruction and disarray that goes hand in hand – people’s livelihoods and homes are destroyed destroyed to make way for wealth and development, and he demonstrates how people are very unsure of their place in the new world.

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The author really does give a clear portrait of India in transition and focusses on well-told stories of individual people. He goes on to paint the larger picture of the state of the nation...

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