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ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS
To many Westerners India is an exotic land of maharajahs, silks, and spices-an ancient land pleasantly removed from the twentieth century. But to the 450 million Indians who live there, India is a new democracy, struggling to wipe out incredible poverty, seeking to settle political and religious disputes, gaining new recognition as a world power.
Beatrice Pitney Lamb brings to this book an understanding and a knowledgeability about India seldom found among Westerners. Her book takes the reader to cities swarming with humanity and to villages where farmers till ungiving soil. In this over- populated country most of the people go to bed hungry, many own little more than the clothes on their backs, only 25 per cent can read and write. In examining the background of life in India today, Mrs. Lamb discusses the long years of British rule, and the country’s religions, Hinduism and Mohammedanism. She provides a fascinating account of the Indian philosophy–a philosophy that is reflected in every aspect of life, from the beautiful works of art and handicrafts to the government’s position as a neutral nation in the Cold War.
Mrs. Lamb includes a sensitive summary of the work of Gandhi, whose spirit won independence for India in1l947 and continues to move India forward today.
Hard cover. 132 pages. In very good pre-loved condition with the exception of fading to the dustcover.