In Spite of the Gods (Old & Rare) – Edward Luck

Remarkable..
a comprehensive audit of modern India covering economics, politics, the bureaucracy and the police, diplomacy, religion with of course caste, entertainment – you name it, it is here Nothing should detract from Luce’s achievement’
Mark Tully, India Today
India is poised to become one of the world’s three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the globe’s most populous country by 2032. Yet the subcontinent’s spectacular growth is taking place against the backdrop of a society that has still fully to come to terms with liberal modernity. In this book, Edward. Luce presents a snapshot of a country undergoing a remarkable transformation that will increasingly affect the rest of the world.
A deeply insightful account of contemporary India’ Professor Amartya Sen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Very thought-provoking’
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, Books of the Year, The Times of India
‘A real corker. Luce writes with affection, humour and a great perception about India. I learnt a lot about the country from this book’ Chris Patten, FT Magazine
‘A perceptive and witty book that is set to become the definitive generalist’s account of India’s political, economic and social development and its future prospects’
Books of the Year, The Economist

In Spite of the Gods (Old & Rare) – Edward Luck