An exploration of what it is to be Indian in the modern day. Lots of Insights. Sections on "Image versus reality", The triumph (unexected) of democracy., the myth of other worldliness, technology, wealth, violence and the power of accommodation, and an epilogue. Uzes sources such as myth and legend and sanskrit, Bollywood, anecdotes, and more. Intelligent and challenging read. Softback, intact and clean and undamaged.