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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780241208229 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
954 |
Item number |
KHI |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Khilnani, Sunil |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Incarnations: India in 50 lives |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Allen Lane, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2007 |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London: |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xxiv, 500 p. |
Other physical details |
[08] p. of plates : ill. col. |
Dimensions |
22 cm |
365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
Price type code |
INR |
Price amount |
599.00 |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
For all of India's myths, its sea of stories and moral epics, Indian history remains a curiously unpeopled place. Sunil Khilnani's Incarnations fills that space: recapturing the human dimension of how the world's largest democracy came to be. In this stunningly illustrated and deeply researched book, accompanying his major BBC Radio 4 series, Khilnani explores the lives of 50 Indians, from the spiritualist Buddha to the capitalist Dhirubhai Ambani - lives that light up India's rich, varied past and its continuous ferment of ideas. Khilnani's trenchant portraits of emperors, warriors, philosophers, poets, stars, and corporate titans - some famous, some unjustly forgotten - bring feeling, wry humour, and uncommon insight to social dilemmas that extend from ancient times to our own. As he journeys across the country, and through its past, Khilnani uncovers more than just history. In rocket launches and ayurvedic call centres, in slum temples and Bollywood studios, in California communes and grimy ports, he examines the continued, and often surprising, relevance of the men and women who have made India - and the world - what it is. Their stories will inform, move and entertain this book's many readers. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
India - Biography |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Kautilya |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Ashoka |
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Aryabhata |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mirabai |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Vivekananda |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Rammohun Roy |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indira Gandhi |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Satyajit Ray |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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Item type |
Books |