"Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance."
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Pankaj Mishra, born on January 2, 1969, in Almora, India, is a renowned author and essayist celebrated for his incisive commentary on contemporary society and politics. His literary journey began with the acclaimed novel “The Romantics,” but it is his non-fiction work, including “From the Ruins of Empire” and “Age of Anger,” that solidified his reputation as a profound thinker on globalization, modernity, and the complexities of the Indian experience. Mishra’s legacy lies in his ability to weave personal narratives with broader socio-political discourses, offering readers a lens through which to understand the tumultuous world around them.
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"Just as China achieved much more than India in the realm of public health and education under an austere Communist regime, so its economic growth under a capitalist-friendly government strikes a visitor from India as nothing less than spectacular."
Pankaj Mishra"In 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference, Japan had put forward a proposal to guarantee racial equality at the League of Nations, but Woodrow Wilson overturned it in the face of majority support."
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