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Hay-on-Wye is world famous as the Town of Books. But when travel
writer Oliver Balch moved there, it was not just the books he was
keen to read, but the people too. After living in London and Buenos
Aires, what will he make of this tiny, quirky town on the
Welsh-English border? To help guide him, he turns to Francis
Kilvert, a Victorian diarist who captured the bucolic rural life of
his day. Does anything of Kilvert's world still exists? And could a
newcomer ever feel they truly belong? With empathy and humour,
Balch joins in the daily routines and lives of his fellow
residents. What emerges is a captivating, personal picture of
country life in the 21st century. Some things haven't altered for
centuries, while others are changing at an alarming pace. Written
with his trademark vivid, reportage style, Balch's journey sees him
meet with a king and his courtiers, publicans, hippies, mayors, old
widows and young farmers. In an increasingly mobile, urban world,
Under the Tump is a timely, honest account of Balch's attempt to
put down roots in a community not yet his own.
India is on the up. Historically derided as the lumbering elephant
of Asia, this vast sub-continent has quickened its pace. The
economy is booming. Tens of millions have been pulled out of
poverty. Software and service companies abound. Millionaire
entrepreneurs are springing up at every turn. Bollywood is going
global and Indian expats are flooding back home. What's more, these
changes are occurring within the world's largest democracy - a far
cry from neighbouring China. But who and what lies behind India's
apparent ascendency? In India Rising Oliver Balch takes the voices
and stories of everyday Indians and presents a fresh, vivid, highly
personalised account of the changes as they are
unfolding.Travelling the length and breadth of the country, Balch
leads readers off the tourist trail and onto the streets of modern
day India. Through Mumbai, Dehli and Chennai, from Bollywood to
cricket stadiums, from shopping malls to rural schools and shanty
towns, the book blends the best of reportage and travel writing to
get under the skin of this nation in transition. What emerges is a
captivating portrait of a country at a crossroads. Old versus New.
Global versus local. India's march into the twenty-first century is
full of tensions and uncertainties. But so too is it brimming with
optimism and hope. With over half of its billion plus population
under the age of twenty-five, India's future will be written by its
youth. In describing their hopes and exploring their fears, India
Rising unpicks what makes this vast nation tick and asks where it's
heading. Oliver Balch is a UK freelance journalist, whose work has
appeared in a wide range of international publications, including
the Guardian, the Financial Times and the Traveller. His first book
Viva South America! Was shortlisted as 'Book of the Year' at the UK
Travel Press Awards.
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