India:

Survived to the present day, a vague association with ideas of peace, spiritualism, the magic of the fakirs. Constantly reframed and mythicised by Westerners fleeing their supposedly rationalist societies, India continues to fascinate with its millennia-old history, its shrines on every street corne...

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Weitere Verfasser: Squarci, Gaia (FotografIn), Massa, Edoardo (HerausgeberIn), Buffa, Pietro (KartografIn), Guerzoni, Gioia (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Europa Editions [2021]
Schriftenreihe:The passenger
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Zusammenfassung:Survived to the present day, a vague association with ideas of peace, spiritualism, the magic of the fakirs. Constantly reframed and mythicised by Westerners fleeing their supposedly rationalist societies, India continues to fascinate with its millennia-old history, its shrines on every street corner, its ancient beliefs and rituals, and its unique linguistic and cultural diversity. Today this picture is mixed with that of a society that is changing at a frenetic pace and is at the forefront of the digital revolution--a "shining India" of dynamic, fast-expanding megalopolises. Yet, these success stories coexist with the daily plight of the large section of India's population without access to drinking water or a toilet, with a rural economy (still employing the majority of India's over 1.3 billion inhabitants) that depends on monsoons for irrigation and is threatened by climate change. The greatest democratic experiment ever attempted, India remains plagued by one of the vilest forms of class and racial discrimination, the caste system, which is being exacerbated by the Hindu nationalist regime currently in power
Beschreibung:192 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9781787702967

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