TY - BOOK AU - Lak,Daniel TI - India express: the future of the new superpower SN - 0230607837 AV - DS449 .L35 2008 U1 - 954.0532 23 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Globalization KW - India KW - Foreign relations KW - 21st century KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index; Introduction --; Debugging the Millennium: Y2K and India --; From Tech Support to Tutoring: India's Online Revolution --; Silicon and Slums: New Economy, Old Problems --; Watching the Numbers: Early Warnings of India's Woes --; Fighting for Freedom: A Colonial Legacy --; Democracy, Dynasty and Devolution: Transferring Power in India --; The New Freedom Struggle: India's Activists in Action --; Educating India Then and Now: A Journey from Light to Darkness --; Hinduism and its Discontents: Strength Amid Weakness --; Nuking the Soft State: How India Learned to Love the Bomb --; Becoming Asia's America: The Next Liberal Superpower? --; Conclusion N2 - "Daniel Lak argues that India has become a global superpower because of its religion, caste, politics, and poverty and not in spite of it."--Publisher's website UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0904/2008300034-b.html ER -