India's Broken Tryst

Tavleen Singh

The journalist Tavleen Singh examines the state of the country as it is—politics, poverty, cronyism, corruption and all. Almost 70 years after it became a modern nation state, she argues, a combination of complex forces such as colonialism, socialism and statism has left modern India unable to meet the most basic needs of its people. The book’s cast of characters includes politicians, activists, industrialists, socialites, poor children and celebrities.

Harper Collins India, 424 pages, Rs 699