India Grows At Night, Gurcharan Das
India Grows At Night, Gurcharan Das
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India Grows At Night
A Liberal Case For A strong State

Author: Gurcharan Das

Narrator: Suyash Mohan

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2019

Synopsis

India's is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the world's fastest-growing economies when it's governed by a weak, ineffective state? And wouldn't it be wonderful if India also grew during the day-in other words, if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs, Gurcharan Das argues, is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick, decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate; and finally, it would be accountable to the people. However, India has always had a weak state and a strong society, says Das, which means that achieving something better will be an uphill struggle.

About The Author

"Gurcharan Das is a well-known author, commentator and public intellectual. His books include the much acclaimed The Difficulty of Being Good and the international bestseller India Unbound. He writes a regular column for a number of Indian newspapers and occasional guest columns for the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and Newsweek. He graduated from Harvard University and was CEO of Procter & Gamble before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer. He lives in Delhi. "

Reviews

Goodreads review by Siddhangana on October 20, 2013

After reading Gurucharan Das' last release 'The Difficulty of being Good', I picked up 'India grows at Night' with much expectations. Das seems to be stuck with his last book too, having made dharma the central theme of this book as well. On the brighter side it is a book that can be read to get one......more

Goodreads review by S.Ach on September 29, 2014

India grows at night, while the government sleeps. India's growth in the last few decades is not because of the Indian Government, but despite it - is the basic premise of this book by Gurucharan Das. He emphasizes how historically India has always been bestowed with a strong populace, but rather a......more

Goodreads review by Arjun on February 08, 2013

I read this book with so much expectations after reading his previous book "Difficulty of Being Good". But I feel highly disappointed for his take on some issues in which he is definitely one-sided and that side is known to all. Some of the ideas like "weak state vs strong society" are literally tak......more

Goodreads review by Venky on June 08, 2020

With Anna Hazare's stirring clarion call for rooting out corruption as the back drop, Gurcharan Das ruminates on the contradiction that is India. Ruled by a deficient and flailing state (the Congress Government with the helpless Manmohan Singh at its helm), India still has managed to carve out a uni......more

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