Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond /
Pankaj Mishra.
- New York : Picador, 2007.
- 323 p. ; 21 cm.
Benares : learning to read -- Allahabad : the Nehrus, the Gandhis, and democracy -- Ayodhya : the modernity of Hinduism -- Bollywood : India shining -- Kashmir : the cost of nationalism -- Pakistan : jihad globalized -- Afghanistan : communists, mullahs, and warlords -- Nepal : the "People's war" -- Tibet : a backward country.
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Mishra, Pankaj--Travel--South Asia.
South Asia--Description and travel. South Asia--Civilization--Western influences.