Development & Growth, Economic Policy & Development, India, Democracy, Economic Policy 

About the bookan uncertain glory: india and its contradictions is an enlightening book that tells its readers all about india, before she gained independence and after she broke away from colonial suppression after india gained independence in the year 1947, she decided to adopt a political system that was democratic in nature and involved the existence of several political parties and many political rightsthe end of the colonial era saw the disappearance of the continual famines that were striking india instead of stagnation, india began to witness growth in her economy, making her eventually rank at number two in the list of fastest growing economies in the world even now, though indias economy has dipped slightly, it still has one of the highest growths in the world an uncertain glory: india and its contradictions is a book that has the opinions of two of indias leading economists, jean dreze and amartya sen, who highlight the major problems that the country faces at present these two experts stress on the need to have sound knowledge concerning the deprivations of humans in indiaan uncertain glory: india and its contradictions has been published by allen lane in the year 2013 and is available in hardcoverkey features this book provides valuable insight from two experts in the field the readers of this book get to know a lot about india during the colonial era - from Amzon