TY - BOOK AU - Tharoor, Shashi TI - India: from midnight to the millennium and beyond SN - 1559703849 (hb) U1 - 954.04 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Arcade Publishing KW - History KW - India KW - Civilization KW - Politics and Government N1 - Includes index; 1. A Myth and an Idea -- 2. Two Assassinations and a Funeral: The Death of a Dynasty -- 3. Unity, Diversity, and Other Contradictions: From the Milk Miracle to the Malayali Miracle -- 4. Scheduled Castes, Unscheduled Change -- 5. Of Indians and Other Minorities -- 6. NRIs: "Never Relinquished India" or "Not Really Indian"? -- 7. The Hindu Rate of Growth, and Other Agnostic Legacies -- 8. "Better Fed Than Free": The Emergency and Other Urgencies -- 9. India at Forty-nine: Notes Toward an Impression of Indian Society and Culture Today -- 10. A Future Without Shock ER -