Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond (Paperback)

Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond Book Description

In his new book, Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal as he sees the pressures of Western-style modernity, prosperity, and globalization on a rapidly changing region.
A "New York Times Book Review" Editors' Choice In "Temptations of the West," Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on journeys through South Asia, and considers the pressures of Western-style modernity and prosperity on the region. Beginning in India, his examination takes him from the realities of Bollywood stardom, to the history of Jawaharlal Nehru's post-independence politics. In Kashmir, he reports on the brutal massacre of thirty-five Sikhs, and its intriguing local aftermath. And in Tibet, he exquisitely parses the situation whereby the atheist Chinese government has discovered that Tibetan Buddhism can be "packaged and sold to tourists." "Temptations of the West" is essential reading about a conflicted and rapidly changing region of the world.

About the Author :

Pankaj Mishra has contributed to Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond as an author. Pankaj Mishra is the author of the novel "The Romantics," and "An End to Suffering," His writing frequently appears in the "The New York Review of Books, Granta, "and London's "Times Literary Supplement," He lives in London and India.

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