Temptations of the West How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond

A cultural and political analysis of the paradoxical benefits and consequences of globalization considers both the pressures and temptations of western-style modernity and prosperity on the rest of the world, citing examples in such regions as ...

Pankaj Mishra is the author of the novel The Romantics, and An End to Suffering. His writing frequently appears in the The New York Review of Books, Granta, and London's Times Literary Supplement. He lives in London and India.