Bibliophile South Asia

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Mumbai De-Intellectualised: Rise and Decline of a Culture of Thinking The book is an elegy of intellectual life not only of Mumbai but of India, too. in the first decade of the 21st century, is evidently on the threshold of a new and prosperous era. Having understood the city's strategic importance, economists are predicting a greater international role for it, while town-planners are working over. More such frank criticisms could probably jolt the intellectuals out of the dark recess that they have allowed themselves to fall in. Author: Aroon Tikekar About the Author: Dr. Aroon Tikekar is a renowned journalist and writer and is presently President of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, a premier institution of higher learning in Western India. Publisher: Bibliophile South Asia (2010), Pb, 206pp. Biblio, Index ISBN-13: 978-81-85002-97-2 Price: Rs. 250 (Outside India: US $17.95)