Feast of vultures: the hidden business of democracy in India (Record no. 178770)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789350297513
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Classification number 335.5 JOS
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Personal name Joseph, Josy
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Title Feast of vultures: the hidden business of democracy in India
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Noida
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harper Collins
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2016
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Extent 229 p.
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Summary, etc. 'Every day, millions of people -- the rich, the poor and the many foreign visitors -- are hunting for ways to get their business done in modern India. If they search in the right places and offer the appropriate price, there is always a facilitator who can get the job done. This book is a sneak preview of those searches, the middlemen who do those jobs, and the many opportunities that the fast-growing economy offers.' Josy Joseph draws upon two decades as an investigative journalist to expose a problem so pervasive that we do not have the words to speak of it. The story is big: that of treacherous business rivalries, of how some industrial houses practically own the country, of the shadowy men who run the nation's politics. The story is small: a village needs a road and a hospital, a graveyard needs a wall, people need toilets. A Feast of Vultures is an unprecedented, multiple-level inquiry into modern India, and the picture it reveals is both explosive and frightening. Within these covers is unimpeachable evidence against some of the country's biggest business houses and political figures, and the reopening of major scandals that have shaped its political narratives. Through hard-nosed investigations and the meticulous gathering of documentary evidence, Joseph clinically examines and irrefutably documents the non-reportable. It is a troubling narrative, but also a call to action and a cry for change. A tour de force through the wildly beating heart of post-socialist India, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the large, unwieldy truth about this nation.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Economics
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  Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2020-02-08 2 335.5 JOS 159572 2020-12-11 2020-11-20 2020-02-08 Books

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