# No Full Stops in India

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- Authors: [Mark Tully](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-tully)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4192-775-6
- Published: 1992-09-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

India’s Westernized elite, cut off from local traditions, ‘want to write a full stop in a land where there are no full stops’. From that striking insight Mark Tully has woven a superb series of ‘stories’ which explore Calcutta, from the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad (probably the biggest religious festival in the world) to the televising of a Hindu epic. Throughout, he combines analysis of major issues with a feel for the fine texture and human realities of Indian life. The result is a revelation. 'The ten essays, written with clarity, warmth of feeling and critical balance and understanding, provide as lively a view as one can hope for of the panorama of India.’ K. Natwar-Singh in the Financial Times