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India unbound5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Where the lifting of the "dead hand of politicians and bureaucrats" means the private sector runs schools and multinationals are free to exploit the country. Where Bill Gates has replaced Gandhi in the hearts of the people and money is the new god in the temple. He talks of an India where teenage tea-shop assistants work to save money for computer lessons. India Unbound's conclusion is that in the next two decades India will become the third largest economy, after the US and China, with a middle class of 250 million people. ![]() Das is different insofar as his work is non-fiction, an economic tract embroidered by personal narrative. Britain has become accustomed to Indian authors whose ease with English belies their mother tongue. His book, India Unbound, is a quiet earthquake that shook faraway shores long before its shockwave reached our own. a name of humility." The smiling Das has nothing to be humble about, and he knows it. "My name is Gurcharan Das, G-U-R-C-H-A-R-A-N-D-A-S. ![]() Standing 5ft 3in tall, he is booming away to the Guardian's photographer. Gurcharan Das is a small man with a big voice. ![]()
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