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Just
finished reading India Unbound by much acclaimed writer, Gurcharan Das (former
P&G India head). This is my second book by him. I have started
appreciating his style of writing, which is very simple and is in first person
narrative, which makes the reading interesting. He definitely is one of
the storytellers whom I would pay to listen.
In this book, he walks you through the economic analysis and
policy evolution in India since independence. He also analyzes the
various factors which impacted the economic policies and their effect on Indian
growth. I appreciate his in-depth research on how various economists
analyzed the Indian economy and political situation. I specifically liked
the part where he explained about why India's share in world trade went down
from 25% in 1750 to less than 1 percent in 1980s. However, I felt
that most of his solutions lean too much towards capitalistic approach to
develop the market and economy. I found him neutral and sympathetic
to Nehru and his policies but very critical to Indira Gandhi's policies.
Overall a good read if you want an overview of India's economic
history. Das has also posed some questions in the book for which we have
to find answers ourselves as a society.
Now onto another book!!!
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