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The End of Karma : Hope and Fury Among India's Young

By: Sengupta, Somini.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Noida HarperCollins Publishers India 2016Description: 244p. 8.5x5.5 hb.ISBN: 9789351777953.Subject(s): Youth-History-21st century-India | Women and democracy-India | India-Social life and customsDDC classification: 305.2350954 Summary: A penetrating, personal look at contemporary India - a snapshot of the world's largest democracy at a moment of transition. The End of Karma explores India through the lens of young people from different worlds: a Maoist rebel; a woman killed because she married the 'wrong' man; a teenage girl who needles her dad to let her become a police officer. Driven by aspiration – and thwarted by state and society - they are making new demands on India's democracy for equality of opportunity, dignity for girls, and civil liberties. Somini Sengupta spotlights these stories of ordinary men and women, weaving together a ground-breaking portrait of a country in turmoil.
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A penetrating, personal look at contemporary India - a snapshot of the world's largest democracy at a moment of transition. The End of Karma explores India through the lens of young people from different worlds: a Maoist rebel; a woman killed because she married the 'wrong' man; a teenage girl who needles her dad to let her become a police officer. Driven by aspiration – and thwarted by state and society - they are making new demands on India's democracy for equality of opportunity, dignity for girls, and civil liberties. Somini Sengupta spotlights these stories of ordinary men and women, weaving together a ground-breaking portrait of a country in turmoil.

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