In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India
by Edward Luce
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Author: Edward LuceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-11
ISBN: 1400079772
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Anchor
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Summary: 5 Stars
One of the books about India that I've really enjoyed reading is Edward Luce's "In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India." One point Luce, a foreign correspondent in India for the Financial Times, makes very clear is that India has bypassed the industrial revolution by advancing directly from an agriculture economy to technology.
Luce also correctly points out that one of India's greatest challenges is that it is governed by a multi-party coalition which breeds both inefficiency and corruption. Luce does a good job of telling you where India is today and how it got there but he does not choose to speculate on India's future.
Luce's contribution is a holistic view of India that is insightful, well informed, and investigative. In this volume the reader gets a good look at India's untapped potential and what India needs to do to insure its future growth.
And Luce, an Oxford scholar, makes the argument that it is in America's interest to promote better ties with India as a way of counterbalancing China's emerging dominance in the global economy. Luce stresses, even if change continues to move at its current slow pace, India still will become an extremely important player in the 21st Century -- in spite of the gods!
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