India Unbound - by Gurcharan Das (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

India today is a vibrant free-market democracy, a nation well on its way to overcoming decades of widespread poverty. The nation's rise is one of the great international stories of the late twentieth century, and in India Unbound the acclaimed columnist Gurcharan Das offers a sweeping economic history of India from independence to the new millennium.

Das shows how India's policies after 1947 condemned the nation to a hobbled economy until 1991, when the government instituted sweeping reforms that paved the way for extraordinary growth. Das traces these developments and tells the stories of the major players from Nehru through today. As the former CEO of Proctor & Gamble India, Das offers a unique insider's perspective and he deftly interweaves memoir with history, creating a book that is at once vigorously analytical and vividly written. Impassioned, erudite, and eminently readable, India Unbound is a must for anyone interested in the global economy and its future.

Review Quotes

"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."-The New York Times Book Review

"One of the most readable and insightful book s to appear on India's tortuous economic path in its 54 years since shaking off British rule."-Business Week

"Head and shoulders above the customary bunch. This elegant essay has something for everyone."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"For American readers accustomed to view India as a land of tigers rather than high-tech and maharajahs rather than microchips, this book will come as a welcome surprise." --The Washington Post Book World

"Informative, entertaining, and basically correct about India's need to embrace capitalism more wholeheartedly, for all the costs and risks." --The Economist

About the Author

Gucharan Das, formerly CEO of Procter & Gamble India, is a venture capitalist and consultant, as well as a columnist for the Times of India. He lives in New Delhi.