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India Unbound

India Unbound

Das Gurcharan
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Gurcharan Das
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India Unbound is the riveting story of a nation’s rise from poverty to prosperity and the clash of ideas that occurred along the way. Gurcharan Das examines the highs and lows of independent India through the prism of history, his own experiences and those of numerous others he has met-from young people in sleepy UP villages to chiefs of software companies in Bangalore. Defining and exploring the new mindset of the nation, India Unbound is the perfect introduction to contemporary India.

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Sep/2019

ISBN: 9780143419259

Length : 432 Pages

MRP : ₹499.00

India Unbound

Das Gurcharan
,
Gurcharan Das

India Unbound is the riveting story of a nation’s rise from poverty to prosperity and the clash of ideas that occurred along the way. Gurcharan Das examines the highs and lows of independent India through the prism of history, his own experiences and those of numerous others he has met-from young people in sleepy UP villages to chiefs of software companies in Bangalore. Defining and exploring the new mindset of the nation, India Unbound is the perfect introduction to contemporary India.

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Das Gurcharan

Gurcharan Das is a renowned author, commentator and thought leader. He is the author of two bestsellers, India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good, which are volumes one and two of a trilogy on life's goals, of which Kama: The Riddle of Desire is the third.
His other literary works include a novel, A Fine Family, a collection of plays for the theatre, Three Plays, and a book of essays, The Elephant Paradigm. His last book, India Grows at Night was on the Financial Times' best books for 2013. He is general editor for Penguin's multivolume 'Story of Indian Business'. He studied philosophy at Harvard University and was CEO, Procter & Gamble India, before he became a full-time writer. He writes a regular column for six Indian newspapers, including the Times of India and occasional pieces for the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs and New York Times.
He lives with his wife in Delhi.

Gurcharan Das

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 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.

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