Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Preface ix

1 India: Not What It Seems 1

2 Nehru’s India: The Rise of State Power 17

3 The Rise of States’ Power 31

4 The Diverse Outcomes of Federalism 47

5 Corruption 63

6 The English Language and India’s Future: Mental Workers or Metal

Bashers? 83

7 Walking on Water, or Getting into an IIT 93

8 India and the IT Industry 109

9 The Overseas Indian and the Multinational Firm in IT 123

10 Faith and Tolerance 153

11 The ABCD, NRI, and Other Species: Indians Living in America 187

12 The Stock Exchanges of India 199

13 Rural India 219

14 The Media in India 243

15 Different Approaches to Development? 255

Notes 273

Index 279

About the Author 291