Nilekani, Nandan

Imagining India : ideas for the new century / Nandan Nilekani - Revised and updated - 531 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : notes from an accidental entrepreneur Part I. India re-imagined India, by its people From rejection to open arms : the entrepreneur in India The phoenix tongue : the rise, fall and rise of English From manaeaters to enablers Home and the world The deepening of our democracy A restless country Part II. All aboard Ideas in progress S is for schools : the challenges in India's classrooms Our changing faces : India in the city The long roads home Erasing lines : our emerging single market Moving deadlines Part III. Fighting words Ideas in battle The sound and the fury : our biggest fights Jostling for jobs Institutions of sand : our universities A fine balance Part IV. Closer than they appear Ideas to anticipate ICT in India : from Bangalore one to country one Changing epidemics : from hunger to heart disease Our social insecurities The forest for the trees : India's environment challenge Power plays : in search of our energy solutions The network effect Conclusion : the awakened country

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India--Civilization--21st century
India--Economic conditions--1991-

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