The author has a great belief in the remarkable continuity and vitality of Indian social system and its resilience in the face of change. The book is a colourful, readable and comprehensive introduction to modern India. The author explains its long-lived and little understood caste and class systems, its venerable faith and extraordinary ethnic diversity, its history "The Jewel in the Crown" of British imperialism and its post-independence career as a major agricultural and industrial nation. India demonstrates how and why it remains the largest and most enduring democracy in the third world. The book is comprehensive, provocative and fascinating and, thus, essential reading. It is strongly recommended to students of the economics and politics, academics, legislators and general readers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Naunihal Singh
Dr. Naunihal Singh earned the degrees of M.A. (Economics), M.A. (Sociology), L.L.B. (with International Law), Ph.D. (Management) and D.Litt. (International Business). He was also educated at the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow, U.K, and La Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Dr. Singh taught as Professor of Business Administration at many institutions of USA. A prolific writer, Dr. Singh has authored about fifty books on National and International Affairs. Formerly Director in the Government of India, and Member, Board of Governors, Engineering College, Kurukshetra University, India, Dr. Singh has represented India at the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East (ECAFE) at Addis Ababa. He negotiated trade with Japan on behalf of the Government of India during Expo ’70 held in Osaka. Dr. Singh travelled widely in Europe including England, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Combodia, Chile, Japan and other South-Eastern countries, and African countries. A wide spectrum person Dr. Singh was till recently a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
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