- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Dutton (Aug 21 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0525950206
- ISBN-13: 978-0525950202
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 599 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,289,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The buzzword of the twenty-first century is India-and it's not just a story of software, outsourcing, and faraway call centers. With the economy soaring at 8 percent a year, India is a medical and pharmaceutical front-runner, an R&D powerhouse, a rising manufacturing hub, and an up-and-coming cultural trendsetter in areas from fashion to film. And the world is taking note: Western companies from Lockheed Martin to McDonald's are moving in, Ford is setting up factories, Coca Cola is heading to the countryside in rickshaws, and research centers for Fortune 500 companies are popping up everywhere. Meanwhile, the U.S. military is forging close ties, as India has become a key strategic partner.Steel-tycoon-turned-educator Vinay Rai, who now runs one of India's two private universities-with fifteen campuses-couples with sociology professor William Simon to map out the rising new India. This colorful, lively, forward-looking account of India's stunning world debut is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand India's new muscle on the global stage.- One out of every six people in the world lives in India.- India's top trading partner is the United States.- India is the fastest-growing free market economy.- India is the world's top destination for retailers.- India has the world's youngest workforce (over 500 million under twenty-five).
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Vinay Rai is the founder and president of Rai University and president of the Rai Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the quality of education at all levels in India. He was educated at Delhi University in India and MIT in the United States. William L. Simon is the author of Beyond the Numbers: How Leading Companies Measure and Drive Success and coauthor of The Art of Deception and the bestseller iCon: Steve Jobs. Kent Cassella is an actor who divides his time between Vermont and New York. Television and film credits include all of the Law and Order franchise shows, FX's Rescue Me, Showtime's Brotherhood, and the Ben Affleck film The Town.
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Cursory View of How India is Striving to be defined helpful,
By Joannetta "joanne-ca" (Manitoba, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Think India (Hardcover)
Think India successfully prompted me to stand back and give this country some serious thought. I am a staunch North American mired in blinders. I only have the wooliest of notions about vast conglomerates of humanity elsewhere. Now, through author Vinay Rai's presentation, I feel I had a good introduction to India, and like a person I have met once, India will never be a total stranger to me again. I believe this is what Rai is hoping for in putting this book forward. He wants lots of people who, having made their initial acquaintance with India, will be open to building more affinity for the country's aims. India wants most of all, according to Rai, to be more than China in whatever definition of that state you chose. Rai takes us through a cursory tour of everything India - achievements, history, economic emphasis, and challenges. He keeps the commentary easy to read and at the level of an economic development agency brochure. The absence of any discussion about India's environmental well-being is a curious omission. This said to me that India is still so burdened with other overwhelming challenges that it hasn't even begun to tackle this issue.
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Way Too Much Extrapolation!,
By Loyd E. Eskildson "Pragmatist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Think India (Hardcover)
Rai takes a straight line connecting the latest two economic points and extrapolates it to questionable extremes. Clearly India is on a rapid growth path to become a substantial economic power. However, prior to becoming the world's #3 economic power within 15 years and outpacing the U.S. by 2050 (Rai's predictions), it will have to deal with several key issues - none of which were addressed by the book:1)Woefully inadequate infrastructure - electricity, roads, water, etc. Recently an American auto parts executive visited India and reportedly concluded by asking his hosts to "get back to him when they had decent roads." 2)Multiple languages - most of India speaks English; however, there are also a large number of areas that speak only one of a number of local dialects. 3)Oppressive bureaucracy and corruption - considerable progress has been made in opening India's economy to internal competition; however, it is quite difficult to start a new business and the largest companies are still hampered by restrictions meant to protect smaller firms. Another problem is the large number of political parties in India makes it difficult to obtain further progress (China's autocratic government makes decision-making much easier.) 4)Potential for religious conflict - India has a large Muslim component; much of the time relationships with other religions have been quiet, but not always, and there is always the chance that the situation will deteriorate. Bottom Line: "Think India" offers no useful information; readers would be better served reading "The Elephant and the Dragon," and "In Spite of the Gods." 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Think India,
By Sergejs Boginskis "Sergejs" - Published on Amazon.com
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I read this book just before my visit to India, book is completely different from what I saw in India.Few interesting points are covered in the book, that are inventing us to history of the modern India. Politic history of India, stories about rich Indians, story about different regions, the fields where India is developed a lot for the recent years. However book is far from daily Indian people life, it covers India globally, but omit information about common indian people. I had a little experience with topics covered in the books, such as politic history of India, rich Indian men stories, but I met a lot of Indian people, which stories were far from optimistic points in the book. They don't speak English so well, huge poverty on the streets... Worth to read to get general imagination about India, but a bit far from usual Indian lives, who are living in shelters and earning 2$ in month.
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Fascinating look at the history, present situation, and ambitions of India,
By Andrew Everett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Think India: The Rise of the World's Next Great Power and What It Means for Every American (Paperback)
The author is clearly a cheerleader for his native country, so in that sense, the book is biased, but informative and interesting nonetheless.India has a rich history. "In the early eighteenth century... India, rich in resources and at peace with the world, accounted for an incredible twenty-five percent, more or less, of global trade; by the time the British boarded their ships in 1947, India accounted for no more than one percent of global trade." The author puts the relationship with the U.S. in context. Since Indian independence, the U.S. had strategic interests with India's adversaries, and thus the Soviet Union ended up being India's primary trading partner. More recently, India is emerging as global player, counterbalancing the strength of China in the region. The author is very bullish on India's future, but points out the challenges as well, including massive poverty. The book also covers the general acceptance of bribery as necessary to get things done, particularly with civil servants who don't earn enough to live on. I've heard of the caste system, but didn't know much about it. This book gives the topic two and a half pages. It explains about the oppressed class of Dalits, and that the caste system continues even though it has been illegal since 1950. But I'm left not really understanding what the caste system is. I would have preferred more on this topic, as it seems important to understanding Indian culture. The book is written by Vinay Rai, who mentions that in 1999 he was ranked by Forbes as one of the five richest people in India, and among 200 wealthiest people in the world. He is not listed on the current Forbes Wealthiest list (I checked). The Afterword offers some insight in this regard, and raises questions about the business environment in India. In the Afterword the author explains how his political dissent was punished. "My actions stirred up some powerful forces within and outside the government and resulted in my being slapped with tax and revenue inquiries, and official harassment, leading to the government filing charges against me." Of course there are two sides to the story, but I think this raises questions about the political risks of doing business in India. |
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