Book Summary By Chandran Iyer It is an open secret that the relationship between India and China is as volatile as high-octane fuel. The two world powers are facing off against each other along their disputed border in the Himalayan region and sparks keep flying on and off. Though the two countries have fought …
Book Summary By Chandran Iyer This book is a must not only for the policymakers of India but everyone who is keen to see India on a growth trajectory. Where does India stand today economically socially and politically 75 years after Independence? Where should it aspire to go from here in the next 25 years …
Book Summary by Abhay Vaidya, Director, PIC The partition of India in 1947 resulting in the horrific communal violence that engulfed the subcontinent is undoubtedly one of the greatest tragedies of human history. An estimated one million people were butchered and millions of lives destroyed in the Hindu-Muslim communal violence across the country in 1946-47 …
Book Summary by Ms. Aishwarya Nagar, Research intern, PIC Professor at IIM, Ahmedabad and Member, PIC, Prof. Satish Y Deodhar’s Economic Sutra: Ancient Indian Antecedents to Economic Theory offers a thorough view of the aspects of Indian economic thought preceding and following the Arthashastra. The book spans the era from the Saraswati-Sindhu civilisation around 2500 BCE to …
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Book Summary by Mr. Pradeep Nair, Sr. Editor, PIC Entrepreneurship in the general, commercial sense is defined as the ‘activity of making money by starting or running businesses.’ Social entrepreneurship, on the other hand, is a popular term that has evaded definition. Often misunderstood as not-for-profit ventures, the term gets closest to its definition in …
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Book Summary by Hitendra Boradey, Research Intern, PIC South China Sea: Territorial Claims and Disputes has chapters authored by 17 scholars from various universities who elaborate on the South China Sea (SCS) region, its importance in terms of economy, trade, energy, and the conflicts in the region, particularly the competing territorial claims involving powerful nations, …
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Book Summary by: Abhinandan Srivastava, Research Intern, PIC, and student, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. Recent years have seen unprecedented economic growth. While nations’ wealth is growing, inequality is rising as well. Why? How can it be fixed? This is where Dr. Raghuram Rajan, the eminent economist and former Governor, Reserve Bank of India, …
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Book Summary by Aditya Joshi, Research intern, PIC Indians associate the year 1971 with the decisive Indo-Pak war which led to the birth of Bangladesh, altering the geo-politics of the subcontinent. However, the landmark, secret visit of the then US National Security Advisor, Dr. Henry Kissinger, to People’s Republic of China (PRC) in July, 1971, …
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Book reviewed by: Mr. Aditya Joshi, Intern, PIC It is no longer fashionable to use the term ‘Transoxiana,’ the ancient name referring to a region and civilization located in lower Central Asia roughly corresponding to modern-day Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan.Geographically, it is the region between the rivers Amu Darya to its south and the …
Book reviewed by: Mr C. Ravindranath, Senior Copy Editor, PIC The brand name ‘Tata’ is ubiquitous. It can be seen on trucks and tea-bags, steel and salt. Chronicling a journey of over 150 years, a journey that began with Jamsetji Tata, founder of what has now become a global conglomerate and a name to reckon …
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