The End of Karma Hope and Fury Among India's Young [Hardcover]

[A] sharply observed study...richly detailed portraits....What separates the book from the musings of so many other foreign correspondents is the lens through which Sengupta sees the country: that of a mother.Thoughtful and timely...Sengupta balances strong impartial analysis with emotional investment.Portentous...Returning to a transformed nation--its economies in bloom, its cities abuzz--[Sengupta] sensed a fresh impatience of aspiration....Vibrant.Sengupta does a wonderful job of detailing the distinct lives of seven young individuals struggling to fulfill their educational and economic dreams&Highly recommended.Anyone who imagines that India today is simply a land of IT companies and call centers should read this book. Somini Sengupta sees the new India in all its complexityits gated towers and remote villages; its kidnapped maids and chief ministers; those who want to remake it into a Hindu nation and those who care only about getting ahead. India is home to nearly a fifth of the worlds peoplefew places will be more important to the shape of the twenty-first century.A penetrating, personal look at contemporary Indiathe worlds largest democracy at a moment of transition.