In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India

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In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India
by Edward Luce
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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A Giant's Untapped Potential
  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.... more info

• Wondering About India: Palimpsest or Pentimento?
  ­­­­Wondering About India: Palimpsest or Pentimento?
  RAJESH C. OZA, Jun 12, 2007
  In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce. Doubleday, January, 2007. 383 pages. $[...].
  Decades ago A.L. Basham wrote an academic tome titled The Wonder That Was India. I happened across a pristine copy in a second-hand bookshop near the University of Chicago, where Indologists were doing first-class scholarship about the Indian subcontinent. My way of belonging to that... more info

• Interesting but biased view
  I am halfway through the book as of now but I do see an overall bias in the book highlighting the negatives. For example the author spends a huge amount of time describing UP & Bihar the northern states and how corruption is common then just a couple of pages on the south progressing.
  When talking of the BJP rule the concentration remains on the right wing attitude and the development that happened during that time is completely ignored.
  If you ignore the negative bias that the author has... more info

• Great primer on what makes India tick
  This is a terrific, highly readable book on the many facets of political, cultural and economic systems in India and how they effect the well being of its people and India's international relations. I knew very little about India and this book was the perfect way to start learning. I highly recommend it. It is extremely interesting and a needed primer considering the growth of India's economy and potential world influence. The comparisions with China are particularly good.

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