By : Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen
Summary Of The
Book
An Uncertain Glory: India And Its Contradictions
explicates the progress of the nation as it overcame the economic lag to
earning a growth rate that soon made it the second fastest growing economy in
the world. For Dreze and Sen the focus however lies elsewhere and it is in
determining the essential needs of the people and bridging the gap of
opportunities that they believe there is a chance for India to cash in its true
realization of freedom. They discuss the deep inequalities that are entrenched
in the Indian system and how the resulting failure to develop human
capabilities is stunting its growth.
In
another vein the economists believe the importance of sustainable growth that
is also environmentally conscious and in that respect they lay out the failures
of the economy to develop their backbone of infrastructure adequately. The
incompetent tackling of public resources that has accrued to India’s phenomenal
growth in developing social services and infrastructure is a major concern for
the economists.
