books.google.com - With more than a billion citizens—almost 18 percent of the world's population—India is a reflection of over 5,000 years of interaction and exchange across a wide spectrum of cultures and civilizations. India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic describes the growth and development of the...http://books.google.com/books/about/India_Today_An_Encyclopedia_of_Life_in_t.html?id=VVxlfDHGTFYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIndia Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic