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India: A Mosaic consists of nine heavy-weight essays by academics/novelists extracted from The New York Review Of Books. Politics and literature dominate. There's consistent criticism of the right wing, nationalistic "Hindu Chauvinism" that lead not just to the bomb and the re-naming of Bombay, but a rejection of Nehru and Gandhi's democracy, secularism and tolerance.
Pre-nuclear India had "less money, less food and smaller bombs," Arundhati Roy writes. "However, we have, or had, all kinds of other wealth. Delightful, Unquantifiable." While economically poor, India has been rich in art, philosophy and uniquely erudite literature. Several essays explore India¹s literary heritage. Most fascinating is Anita Desai's history of women's writing, from Buddhist nuns' songs in 80BC to radical 20th century poets branded prostitutes. Respect is paid to thinker/writer Rabindranath Tagore, while Hilary Mantel dissects the contemporary realism of Rohinton Mistry's Such A Long Journey.
India: A Mosaic is no breezy holiday read. It's a studious collection for those wanting to go deeper into India's identity. A free CD, worth the cover price in itself, provides 20 tasters--50s' film music, Islamic Sufi, Sikh devotional music, Indian classical, Bollywood and folk. Naturally it wouldn't be complete without some Ravi Shanka too. --Sarah Champion
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