“ America Behind the Myths” ( Akhyanor Aror America)—by Dr. Hiren Gohain, is a travelogue with a difference. America and Americans are perhaps two of the most
widely used terms everywhere in the world today. America and Americans also seem to be more
misunderstood than understood by many. Here is a land which is still looked upon by millions around the world as the land of opportunity and ultimate individual liberty; How does this land—the last word in capitalism and neo-imperialism—appear to the eyes of a die-hard Marxist scholar, who visits the land to see his daughter and son-in-law when he is about seventy years old. To know this and to
understand America and the Americans in some of the most
objective short essays that I have ever read, one has to read this book which is described by the author himself as an unusual travelogue. The 160 pages of the book contain a number of essays with interesting titles like, “ The Culture Of Creating Wealth”; “Man Made Wonders”;” Another Aspect Of America—Excellence in Journalism”; “Children in America”; “The Ordinary Americans—a moment’s acquaintance”; “ A peep into the Sin City”;” Religion and Society”; “Culture and Consumerism, “ The Problem Of Unemployment—in India and in America”; “The Problem of Migration—in the World and in America”; “American Democracy” etc Stamps of Dr. Gohain’s scholarship, keen observation, brilliant analysis and subtle humour are spread throughout the book. Those who want not only to know but also to “see” something of America through a travelogue will not be disappointed eithert. The book is written in Assamese, one of the major Indian languages and published by PADATIK PRAKASHAN, Guwahati-781003, India .
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