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Viking The Caged Phoenix Can India Fly by Dipankar Gupta
Book Summary of The Caged Can India Fly Dipankar Gupta, one of India s foremost thinkers on social and economic issues, takes a critical-and controversial-look at the limits of the Indian success story, knocking down ivory towers and challenging comfortable assumptions in the process. The Caged Can India Fly argues through a fine blend of theory and new empirical evidence, that despite the promises of Independence and liberalization India continues to remain caged in backwardness. Why does the phenomenal growth story not translate into development Why is the much vaunted human-resource capital not taking India towards excellence How can deprivation and prosperity live so easily side by side