Reviews for Planet India

The average rating for Planet India based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-06-07 00:00:00 Charles Michalec This book enumerated on India's current and growing role as an economic powerhouse, and as an important player in international security. However, the book did not do enough to elucidate India's cultural influence. In fact, the author spent more time explaining how America shapes India. It is a good read for a bit of trivia, but the book does nothing to shatter paradigms, and it certainly is not life changing.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-25 00:00:00 Dave Switkowski Ugh, this book was so boring; it took me forever to finish it. The genre of contemporary issues/political science/news articles-in-book format tends not to produce a lot of page-turners, but this one was particularly bad. It's another of those books (of which I have read many) that attempts to capture a picture of 'modern India', good and bad; Planet India leans very heavily to the 'good' side, probably due to the research all having taken place in 2005-6, pre-Global Recession. On the one hand, it focuses a great deal on India-US interactions, which I am interested in for obvious reason. Most books like this pay greater attention to India-UK connections, which of course makes sense, but I'm not above wanting to read about myself. On the other hand, I have now read enough statistics on the growth rates of India's agriculture in 1990 vs 2000, or imports vs exports, or that Reliance made $5 billion in 2005, but is projected to make $6 billion in 2006, etc, etc, than I have ever wanted to do. If you're interested in the topic, there are better books.