Got hands on a very good book lately. India 2008 published by Business Standard. If I can quote from the introduction: "the problem ofcourse, is that policy arguements in India tend to go in cirlces, not forward. Everyone is giving you his or her point of view, no one is listening to the other person's arguement, and so the same things get said over and over again, yet nothing changes.... ...Debate ends only when a new policy has been tried and shown to have worked -like tax reform, industrial delicensing or tariff reduction. Undeterred, some protagonists join issue on some other front. One is reminded of Oscar Wilde who said, "I don't like principles, I prefer prejudices.'
The list of people who have contributed to the book, include Nachiket and I felt elated. People who don't go circles and want to take things forward were part of the book. Please look at IFMR and ICICI Foundation websites for what he and his team work for/on.
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