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Billionaire Raj, The: A journey through India’s new gilded age

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Billionaire Raj, The: A journey through India’s new gilded age

SKU: 9781786075598 Category: Product ID: 11872

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Title: Billionaire Raj, The: A journey through India’s new gilded age
Author: CRABTREE JAMES
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/07/2019
Imprint: BLOOMSBURY
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active

Can one of the most divided nations on the planet become its next superpower? James Crabtree reveals the titans of politics and industry shaping India in a period of breakneck change from controversial prime minister Narendra Modi, victor in the largest election in history, to the leading lights of the country’s burgeoning billionaire class.
While ‘King of the Good Times’ Vijay Mallya languishes in exile in Britain, other major ‘Bollygarchs’ prosper at home despite a series of scandals. Issuing jewel-encrusted invitations to their children’s weddings, these tycoons exert huge power in both business and politics.
But India’s explosive economic rise has driven inequality to new extremes. Millions remain trapped in slums and corruption is endemic. Reformers fight to wrest the nation from these dark forces, leaving its fate poised between that of a prosperous democratic giant and a saffron-tinged version of Russia.

ISBN: 9781786075598
Pages: 320