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A Concise History of Modern India

Written by: Barbara Metcalf, Thomas Metcalf
Narrated by: Raj Ghatak
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A Concise History of Modern India, by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has informed students across the world.

The narrative focuses on the imaginative and institutional structures that have successfully sustained and transformed India, first under British colonial rule and then, after 1947, as an independent country. Woven into the larger political narrative is an account of India's social and economic development and its rich cultural life. The final chapter charts the dramatic developments of the last 20 years, from 1990 through to the Congress electoral victory of 2009, and the rise of the Indian high-tech industry in a country still troubled by poverty and political unrest.

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©2001, 2016, 2012 Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf (P)2019 Naxos AudioBooks Asia India South Asia India History Modern
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Although I enjoyed the book, the narrator was certainly below par, being an actor or an artist does not mean you start being judgemental towards Indian accent, being a proud Indian I can certainly say that we do not have a particular accent which was being presented in while quoting any Indian in that manner, please learn your art. I can vouch for the fact that an average Indian speaks much better and proper English with an accurate and presentable accent then being narrated in the book and trust me being Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru or the great Sardar Vallabhbhai spoke nowhere close to the accent made by the narrator, he simply applied a judgemental outlook to quote all the Indians in a certain manner by changing his accent in a very derogatory manner. I could recommend the book but certainly not the narrator.

Why so Judgemental about Indian accent?

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The narrator tries to (poorly) imitate the indian accent. I don't know what he's trying to achieve but it comes across as a mockery. content wise a good book.

just as the title says, concise... but..

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The entire book resonates with the age oldidiom that history is written by the victors. The book does not take into account the many undercurrents of historic events and the complex nittigrities of social and religious interactions between different communities regions and individuals. The book is very inconsiderate of the entire religious and cultural flow and dynamics of the region and sub continent as a whole

Miopic View of Indian History

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