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diversity of ipeople
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informative book
portrait of India
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- ISBN 9789369894475
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 165 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jan 2026
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
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India and its intricacies could be explained endlessly, and it would still amaze you. The bewildering diversity of its people, cultures, food, languages, and just about everything else is hard to grasp at times. For instance, every Indian can fit in Kerala if we all lived as densely as the people in northeast Delhi do; 56 mother tongues--and they are all 'Hindi'; almost nobody is unemployed in India after the age of 29. Stats, Stories, and Surprises offers a portrait of India more than seven decades after Independence: where we stand, and where the trends suggest we may be headed.
Rohit Saran is the managing editor of The Times of India. He has served as executive editor of The Times of India, The Economic Times and India Today, and was editor-inchief of Business Today and Khaleej Times. Since the 1990s, he has practised data and visual journalism across leading newsrooms—blending numbers, visuals and text to tell richer stories and create enduring annual news products.
