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These one hundred Letters from England now appear in a book form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese texts form a strand of cultural history.  No matter how topical and fleeting this strand may have seemed at the time, it is more than worthy of preservation in its totality, worthy of a place on one's bookshelf.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was not surprised when William told me that the Statesman had asked him to write a regular column. It was more than yet another feather in his cap. 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In analyzing these different enactments of development, the volume puts forward the idea of regional modernities, and weaves cases around diverse regions to present a rich and complex but strongly analytical set of studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded research reported in this volume would be useful to scholars and researchers in development studies, cultural studies, South Asian studies, sociology, social anthropology as also NGOs and activists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume brings together some excellent new scholarship on the idea and practice of development. It rescues the complex history of development encounters from the prison of monolithic modernization discourse without splintering it into endless postmodernist narrative fragments. 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His background as a successful entrepreneur, and his advantage as an outsider looking in and as an insider working within the system, gives him a unique perspective from which to analyze issues with a fresh and unbiased focus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving been raised in India and subsequently spent much of his professional life in the West; George has now come full circle, returning to his roots with the knowledge gained from a multicultural upbringing. His attempt in socioeconomic reform is documented here in a series of interwoven essays that contradict the generally held assumption that rural poverty in India is beyond redemption. The book addresses several key issues: education, economic development, Social justice, health care, environment, free press, art and culture, and ethics. George makes the compelling argument and demonstrates through his social work that only by embracing new ideas that are a departure from the traditional ways can the problems of poverty and social inequality be effectively addressed in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia cannot go on much longer the way it has been, ignoring the plight of millions of poor people, if peace and tranquility are to prevail. A free and democratic India offers great promise, but only if it can mobilize its human resources to work as one people for the common good. It must turn despair into hope and promises into reality. 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Using sociolinguistic theories, first hand research and a wide variety of different examples, the authors challenge hegemonic constructions of both proper English as well as Indian English. The book includes examples of Indian English, from newspaper advertisements and official letters to fiction and poetry, which are examined in the wide context of the politics of language. It will be invaluable for students of language and linguistics in South Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrisp and well-planned, the book tells, the compelling story of the Janus-faced nature of English in India. It is a story of power and resistance, of invasion and of absorption. 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