Summary:
Mark Tully has been in India for more than 30 years, reporting the incidents of the region. Working for BBC, he lived in India most of his life, travelling extensively, broadcasting the headlines of India to the world. He penned a book that is exclusively Indian. The buzz India is generating in the global scene, pitted to be the superpower of the future while dragging its past along is the spirit of the book - Non-Stop India. The author notes down an uncompromising account on state of affairs of the nation, an account that not only transcends the geopolitical frame of reference but that which incorporates cultural traditions, politics, sports etc. The author blatantly uncovers the life of India beneath all the radiance of its growing economic might as he lets loose the facts that the stories of various individuals across the country highlight.
Where we think India is going to where India currently stands, this book has all the details. He views the bewildering concerns that surround the nation not with contempt but an understanding that intends to heal our perception. The complexities that are intertwined with the rise of India are dealt with elaborately in the book. The life-accounts of people behind all the news is what makes this book special, a personal account of the people whose voices are never heard. The author bridges the history and the present very well with the future in the foresight. The book is not restricted to the progress aspect alone as it deciphers the meaning from the multitude of colors of life in India. It merges all the outlooks of viewing India, the outlooks of industrialists, the dalits, the politicians, the spiritual guides to name a few. It is a comprehensive analytical literary work that shines the light on the darkest of corners of the truth of India.
Review:
Sir Mark Tully's book can get an Indian surprised as it unearths the nuances of the daily-life in India. The book takes a microscopic look at the 21st century India encompassing all the conflicts and the togetherness, the yin and the yang of the Indian story. The filth that India is gliding through on its way to progress needs much more deliberation than the occasional commentaries by experts on newspaper editorials. This book tends to cross the boundary of distant observation to give us a firsthand experience of the bloody mess of the disparity in the modern India that is shrouded by the growth of consumerism.
The divide that seems to rip the nation apart is the breeding ground for new holistic ideologies to flourish, to breed; to bloom in the fertile soil of dreams that India beholds. The author gets into the details of reality as he gets behind all major incidents that have shaped the present and that are shaping the future. He spans all major issues from failure in politics to failure in wild-life preservation, from the success of the middle-class to the atrocities of the tribal population. The author leaves you numb with the revelations about the country you think you know too well.
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