India
by Joe David Brown
- New York Time Inc. 1964
- 160 pages
Includes Index
A society distinctive and enigmatic -- A preoccupation with the spirit -- The half-forgotten past -- A glorious and rapacious era -- Gandhi: politician and saint -- Nehru: consolidator of a nation -- The unchanging round of village life -- The quickening urban pace -- A sense of form and color -- Plotting a lonely course.
"With independence the new India opened its windows to the world ... How the Indian government and people have embarked on this great adventure--something of their problems, the immense difficulties encountered, their frustrations and failures, but also their achievements and victories--will be found here.