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    India: From Midnight to Millennium and Beyond

    By Shashi Tharoor
    Book Review:
    Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician and a Member of
    Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in
    Kerala. He previously served as the United Nations UnderSecretary General for Communications and Public Information
    and as the Minister of State for the Ministry of External Affairs.
    He is also a prolific author, columnist, journalist and a human
    rights advocate.
    India: From Midnight and Millenium and Beyond is an attempt
    by Tharoor to give an in-depth critique of the first fifty years of
    independence of India. In this book, Tharoor avers about the
    diversity of India (very well articulated by the expression
    Indians have more than 300 ways of cooking potato.), from
    food to clothing and from language to religion and explains
    how it is almost miraculous that a country so diverse and so
    large could prove to be a successful democracy. However,
    Tharoor does not eschew the problems that India is facing and
    expresses them eloquently and objectively. Tharoors main
    focus is on understanding the expression India, and he uses
    the political incidents as a major tool to allude at the various
    aspects of the worlds largest democracy. Chapters have been
    devoted to topics like legacy of Indira Gandhi, caste-system and
    the partition of India-Pakistan and their after effects. Yet, all
    the differences mentioned and the problems stated are written
    in an optimistic tone showing Tharoors confidence in his
    countrymen who he expects will find a solution to all the
    problems within the democratic framework.

    Memorable Quotes/
    Extracts from the Book
    Hindu fundamentalism
    is a contradiction in
    terms, since Hinduism is
    a religion without
    fundamentals; there is
    no such thing as a
    Hindu heresy. How dare
    a bunch of goondas
    shrink the soaring
    majesty of the Vedas
    and the Upanishads to
    the petty bigotry of
    their brand of identity
    politics?

    Mute suffering is all


    very well as a moral
    principle, but it has
    rarely brought about
    meaningful change.

    The text is interspersed with lively and humorous anecdotes of Tharoors own childhood and
    youth that lends a charming touch to the book. Superbly written and analyzed, this book offers
    an excellent insight into a huge country and its diverse people. If one were to look for one
    common word to describe them, that word could only be: Indian.

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