Books by Nayan Chanda

Behind the humble chilli is a fascinating story that takes one around the world. This story is not just about the spicy chilli, but also about the adventures of brave warriors and traders, about stormy seas and new lands. Enjoy this fascinating account written by a renowned expert on globalization.'Around the World With a Chilli' is written by Nayan Chanda. © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.'Around the World With a Chilli' has been published on StoryWeaver by Pratham Books. The development of this book has been supported by HDFC Asset Management Company Limited- a joint Venture with Standard Life Investments. www.prathambooks.org

Mamma har just sagt till Appu att hämta några färska chilifrukter till fiskcurryn hon lagar inne i köket. Just när Appu ska rycka åt sig en näve hör han en djup röst. Det är Ajar Uchu som pratar, chilifruktens ande. Appu är chockad, men nyfiken. Han frågar Ajar Uchu nyfiket: "Var kommer du ifrån?" Ajar Uchu svarar med sin djupa röst: "Långt, långt härifrån...""Jorden runt med en chilifrukt" är en ingående och lärorik bok som tar en jorden runt med chilifruktens ursprung.Jorden runt med en chilifrukt är ursprungligen utgiven av StoryWeaver och tillhör serien "Läs tillsammans". Flera av berättelserna är skrivna av indiska författare och utspelar sig på andra sidan jorden. Framförallt utforskar de spännande ämnen såsom vetenskapliga upptäckter och hur vi bäst tar hand om varandra såväl som vår planet.

Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. In this entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. For Chanda, globalization is a process of ever-growing interconnectedness and interdependence that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day with increasing speed and ease.In the end, globalizationfrom the lone adventurer carving out a new trade route to the expanding ambitions of great empiresis the product of myriad aspirations and apprehensions that define just about every aspect of our lives: what we eat, wear, ride, or possess is the product of thousands of years of human endeavor and suffering across the globe. Chanda reviews and illustrates the economic and technological forces at play in globalization today and concludes with a thought-provoking discussion of how we can and should embrace an inevitably global world.

An agenda-setting team of experts looks at how terrorism can be understood, contained, and ultimately defeated