About the Book: An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions
From two of India's leading economists, Jean Drèze and Nobel Prize-winner
Amartya Sen, An Uncertain Glory is a passionate, considered argument for the
need for a greater understanding of inequalities in India.
When India regained independence from colonial rule in 1947, it immediately
adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of
speech and extensive political rights. The famines of the British era
disappeared, and steady economic growth replaced stagnation, accelerating
further over the last three decades to make India's growth the second fastest
among large economies. Despite a recent dip, it is still one of