The Caged Phoenix
Can India Fly?
Dipankar Gupta
- Dipankar
- Gupta,
- one
- of
- India’s
- foremost
- thinkers
- on
- social
- and
- economic
- issues,
- takes
- a
- critical—and
- controversial—look
- at
- the
- limits
- of
- the
- Indian
- success
- story,
- knocking
- down
- ivory
- towers
- and
- challenging
- comfortable
- assumptions
- in
- the
- process.
- The
- Caged
- Phoenix:
- Can
- India
- Fly?
- argues
- through
- a
- fine
- blend
- of
- theory
- and
- new
- empirical
- evidence
- that
- despite
- the
- promises
- of
- Independence
- and
- liberalization
- India
- continues
- to
- remain
- caged
- in
- backwardness.
- Why
- does
- the
- phenomenal
- growth
- story
- not
- translate
- into
- development?
- Why
- is
- the
- much
- vaunted
- human-resource
- capital
- not
- taking
- India
- towards
- excellence?
- How
- can
- deprivation
- and
- prosperity
- live
- so
- easily
- side
- by
- side?
- Questioning
- traditional
- thought,
- Dipankar
- Gupta
- critically
- examines:
- •
- How
- the
- elite
- is
- reluctant
- to
- acknowledge
- that
- structural
- impediments,
- and
- not
- cultural
- factors,
- deny
- growth
- benefits
- to
- the
- majority
- of
- one
- billion
- plus
- Indians
- •
- How
- the
- wealth
- of
- a
- few
- is
- intimately
- tied
- to
- the
- poverty
- of
- many
- •
- The
- close
- link
- between
- growth
- in
- high-technological
- sectors
- of
- the
- Indian
- economy
- on
- the
- one
- side,
- and
- sweat
- shops
- and
- rural
- stagnation
- on
- the
- other
- •
- How
- affluence
- came
- to
- the
- developed
- West
- only
- when
- general
- standards
- arose
- across
- all
- social
- classes
- Combining
- scholarship
- with
- an
- easy,
- engaging
- style,
- Dipankar
- Gupta
- enters
- uncharted
- territories
- to
- question
- why,
- despite
- so
- much
- talent,
- human
- resource
- and
- an
- open
- society,
- India
- is
- still
- waiting
- to fly.
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