Foreign correspondents travel the world, report on people and events and have hundreds of thousands (in some cases millions) of readers or viewers south asia is an especially favoured assignment because of the immensity of the story it is a place where politics and major events unfold on the streets, not just in closed rooms this book, with its collection of reportage, comment and photographs, reflects this story it does not seek to cover every event in the decades since 1947, but focuses instead on good writing and historic moments that give a picture of how foreign correspondents have covered the region the collection includes articles and photographs on subjects as diverse as tiger hunts, religious fanaticism and the indian enthusiasm for pg wodehouse peter kann's pulitzer prize-winning account of the fall of dacca in 1971 and barbara crosette's eyewitness report of rajiv gandhi's assassination are two justly celebrated pieces, but all the contributions bring to life the subcontinent's recent-and dramatic-histories today, while e-mail and mobile phones allow events to be relayed almost as they happen, foreign correspondents still undertake in-depth reportage, which may involve weeks of research and travel the job can also be dangerous, even life-threatening the collection includes two wall street journal articles by daniel pearl, who was kidnapped and killed by islamic militants in 2002

Foreign Correspondent : Fifty Years Of Reporting South Asia [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2009] John Elliott

John Elliot

Simon Denyer

Bernard Imhasly

Penguin books.India

Five years ago, India was an emerging world power being courted by the world's most powerful political and business leaders, an upbeat story of unparalleled economic growth. Since then, it has failed to account for the human capital at the heart of its effort to modernize: more than one billion people clamoring for what has become known as the “Indian Dream”-an education, a career, and an opportunity to pull one's family out of poverty and into prosperity. Today, India is suffering an immense crisis of confidence-crippling political corruption, politicians mired in the status quo, economic inequality, brutal violence against women, and rampant social injustice. Simon Denyer, former Indian bureau chief for the Washington Post, perceptively captures India at this crucial tilting point in its history-from the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty that has ruled the country for most of its post-independence years, to flawed heroes such as news anchor Arnab Goswami and anticorruption crusader Arvind Kejwiral, to, most compelling, ordinary people fighting daily against corruption and the system. They, Denyer convincingly shows, are harnessing the force of the world's largest democracy to positive effect, demanding transparency and accountability as never before. The battle between the deep-rooted system of graft and patronage and the forces demanding change will have huge global significance, and Denyer's insight makes Rogue Elephant a vital contribution to the international conversation about India's present and future.

Rogue Elephant: Harnessing the Power of India's Unruly Democracy

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Asia

Bloomsbury India Publishing

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