I pre-ordered a book recently featured on The Daily Show, called Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation. The author really impressed me with his ideas, and the reviews I read on American sites make it seem all that much better.
It’s about India’s future. With it’s massive (and young) population, the nation has incredible potential to become an even greater one. Written by a close friend of Thomas Friedman, one of my favorite New York Times columnists, and co-founder of a huge tech company, Mr. Nilekani is pushing for effective grassroots change. Education and health being paramount in producing a massive amount of a contributing populace. Basically, I like what I think his conclusions are, so I’m going to read the book. Now that’s being unbiased and open-minded!
Oh, I also ordered Outliers so I could get free shipping. If you haven’t checked out any of Malcom Gladwell’s books, I suggest you do so.
There’s a great article in last November’s National Geographic talking about the progress of India. They highlighted on the construction of the nations first interstate freeway.
Posted by justin on March 23rd, 2009.