| ID | 014487 |
| Call Number | 954.053/SHI |
| Title Proper | India divided: diversity and democracy under attack |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shiva, Vandana |
| Publication | New York, Seven Stories Press, 2005. |
| Description | 191p Blue and Brown Sipne |
| Note | Chronicles the internal battles of a nation that is both the world's largest democracy and a leading nuclear power. Shiva describes a society where traditional cultures collide with the new economy of globalization, and charts the course of India's war of fundamentalisms in the age of terror. From the IT centers of Bangalore to the villages of Uttar Pradesh, from the massacre at Gujarat and the popular emergence of Hindutva's narrow communalism to the decades-old battle for Kashmir. India Divided reveals a convergence of globalization and terrorism. Looking to the plights of India's Dalit communities and millions of poor subsistence farmers impoverished or displaced by biotechnology, seed patents, and the spate of mega-dam projects. |
| Note | India and her diversity
Engineered Societies and Globalization's fall out: Terrorism, fundamentalism, and war
Biodiversity wars and the global giants
Seed wars and the corporate takeover of seed
Water wars and the Ganges
On being Indian: Globalization. Bharateeyata, and Hindutva |
| Standard Number | 1583225404 |
| Price. Qualification | $12.95(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 954.053 |
| Key Words | IGCSE ; Globalisation ; India - Politics and government ; Communalism - India ; India - Economic conditions - 1947- |