A Parable of the New India

Book Review, The New York Times Book Review MISS NEW INDIABy Bharati Mukherjee328 pp. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. $25. Nations are narratives. Every country is shaped by its particular set of ideas and myths. Inevitably these are simplifications, often clichés, but they hold a country together, imposing a certain coherence on diverse populations. The narrative of […]