TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. India: Not What It Seems

2. Nehru's India: The Rise of State Power

3. The Rise of States' Power

4. The Diverse Outcomes of Federalism

5. Corruption

6. The English Language and India's Future: Mental Workers or Metal Bashers?

7. Walking on Water, or Getting into an IIT

8. India and the IT Industry

9. The Overseas Indian and the Multinational Firm in IT

10. Faith and Tolerance

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

12. The Stock Exchanges of India

13. Rural India

14. The Media in India

15. Different Approaches to Development?