Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation Book

Foreword ix

Notes from an Accidental Entrepreneur 1

Part One India Reimagined

Ideas That Have Arrived 31

India, by its People 34

From Rejection to Open Arms: The Entrepreneur in India 57

The Phoenix Tongue: The Rise, Fall and Rise of English 77

From Maneaters to Enablers 95

Home and the World: Our Changing Seasons 119

The Deepening of Our Democracy 140

A Restless Country 164

Part Two All Aboard

Ideas in Progress 169

S is for Schools: The Challenges in India's Classrooms 172

Our Changing Faces: India in the City 195

The Long Roads Home 218

Erasing Lines: Our Emerging Single Market 242

Moving Deadlines 266

Part Three Fighting Words

Ideas in Battle 271

The Sound and the Fury: Our Biggest Fights 274

Jostling for Jobs 297

Institutions of Sand: Our Universities 315

A Fine Balance 334

Part Four Closer Than They Appear

Ideas to Anticipate 341

ICT in India: From Bangalore One to Country One 345

Changing Epidemics: From Hunger to Heart Disease 366

Our Social Insecurities: The Missing Demographic 385

The Forest for the Trees: India's Environment Challenge 404

Power Plays: In Search of Our Energy Solutions 428

The Network Effect 450

Conclusion: The Awakened Country 453

Acknowledgments 465

Notes 471

A Time Line of Key Events 481

Index 495