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Imagining India: The Idea of a Nation Renewed

by Nandan Nilekani
Penguin Press
19 March 2009

$29.95

Infosys Technologies cofounder Nandan Nilekani believes that reform and innovation in the public sector are needed to transform India into a superpower, not just economic progress.

“Mr. Nilekani turns to issues that are not yet on people’s minds, but should be. These include the side effects of development, such as the diseases of affluence (Indians will account for 60% of the world’s deaths from heart disease by 2010, according to some projections) and environmental degradation.” — The Economist.

“Like its subject, “Imagining India” is vast and complicated. Its more than 500 pages contain a laundry list of topics, ranging from the influences of the British Raj, Nehru and Mahatma, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi to the intricacies of caste, class, region, religion, family planning, sanitation, urbanization, education, health care and information technology.”—Harry Hurt III, The New York Times. •
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