Why do planned schemes of human betterment, designed with the best of intentions, often fail? James C. Scott, sets out to answer this question in his 1998 book Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed....
Shankkar Aiyar’s ‘Accidental India: A History of the Nations Passage Through Crisis and Change’, presents a thought-provoking perspective on the economic and political history of post-independence India. Combining academic rigor with journal...
Zia Mody's "10 Judgements that Changed India", is a compendium of Supreme Court cases that were critical in transforming the Indian democracy and the lives of citizens in India.