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line of the book - India Grows at Night by Gurucharan Das I seaportt read any of the two Gurucharans previous books. Besides, this is the number 1 book I will be reviewing for Developmental economics. The title of the have got only caught my attention for two reasons. First it reminded me of the famous pitch by Jawaharlal Nehru At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. His speech somewhat depicted the reality as India only started to develop at night. Second, it gave me some sort of insight of what I might come crosswise in this book. Its more of a call downment which leads us towards the world of our country. He begins the first chapter with the example of Haryana and Gurgaon. The unexpected rise of the neglected and developing Gurgaon in becoming a Millennium City and the surrender of a would-be planned city Faridabad, later even struggling to restrain up with Indias first wave of modernization. It was discussed how mystical players took charge in Gurgaon- which arose without an effective state whilst Faridabad with a proper functioning state, withered. Indian homunculus was discussed which was different than the rest of the world as India got democracy before capitalism. By the end of this chapter, das speaks about the shortcoming of the state and how to move from the private success and public failure in order to become a successful nation. In the next chapter he talks about the Anna Hazares movement and how a weak government was shaken to its core by a well society. Delay in implementation of projects like POSCO which had been caught in the web of red tape for 5 years. He also mentioned how 168 projects of ember India had been awaiting clearance which led to powe... .... In the last section he concludes by giving suggestions on what should be done and redefines the definition of a reinforced state and mention that a state is required to grow - no matter how many inefficiencies it ma y have, he writes a weak state is better than no state at all. This book is a brilliant piece by Gurucharan Das, which talks about Indias lofty economic rise despite the presence or rather the absence seizure of a state. With its narrative approach it is easy for readers to understand. Das takes you on a journey beyond 1900 and gives a glimpse of our past and present in order to understand the lacunae that India is facing. The part I disliked is he stressed a lot more in explaining the relevance of a strong state. But this book attempts to show us a path which could function the state deal with governance shortfall effectively.Nishant Sharma Radio stream