The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young

Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Somini Sengupta ISBN: 9780393292879
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: March 7, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Somini Sengupta
ISBN: 9780393292879
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: March 7, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

“[A] sharply observed study . . . richly detailed portraits.”—Economist

Somini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different country: one defined as much by aspiration and possibility—at least by the illusion of possibility—as it is by the structures of sex and caste. The End of Karma is an exploration of this new India through the lens of young people from different worlds: a woman who becomes a Maoist rebel; a brother charged for the murder of his sister, who had married the “wrong” man; a woman who opposes her family and hopes to become a police officer. Driven by aspiration—and thwarted at every step by state and society—they are making new demands on India’s democracy for equality of opportunity, dignity for girls, and civil liberties. Sengupta spotlights these stories of ordinary men and women, weaving together a groundbreaking portrait of a country in turmoil.

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“[A] sharply observed study . . . richly detailed portraits.”—Economist

Somini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different country: one defined as much by aspiration and possibility—at least by the illusion of possibility—as it is by the structures of sex and caste. The End of Karma is an exploration of this new India through the lens of young people from different worlds: a woman who becomes a Maoist rebel; a brother charged for the murder of his sister, who had married the “wrong” man; a woman who opposes her family and hopes to become a police officer. Driven by aspiration—and thwarted at every step by state and society—they are making new demands on India’s democracy for equality of opportunity, dignity for girls, and civil liberties. Sengupta spotlights these stories of ordinary men and women, weaving together a groundbreaking portrait of a country in turmoil.

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