India Unbound: From Independence to the Global Information Age - Softcover

`An insightful guide to a rapidly changing nation...Something tremendous is happening in India, and Das, with his keen eye and often elegant prose, has his finger firmly on the pulse of the transformation.' - New York Times Book Review `One of the most readable and insightful books to appear on India's tortuous economic path in its 54 years since shaking off British rule.' - BusinessWeek

A personal History of India's Economic and Social Transformation since independence. The riveting story of a nation's rise from poverty to prosperity and the clash of ideas that occurred along the way. The old centralised, bureaucratic state, which stifled industrial growth, is on the decline; the lower castes have risen confidently through the ballot box; and the middle class has tripled in the last two decades. This economic and social transformation is one of the major themes of this book.