As the weather slides and more clouds threaten to burst, retreat with a book and a cup of coffee. The mixed bag this week...
1. 'Superpower? The Amazing Race Between China's Hare and India's Tortoise': Written by Raghav Bahl; Published by Penguin-Books India; Priced at Rs.699.
With telling insights into the two Asian powers' histories, polities, economies and cultures, the book probes the difference between the way India and China have built their economic foundations. It shows that even as the dragon and elephant economies are together projected to dominate the world in a matter of decades, there is a palpable difference in the way China and India work on the ground.
China is spectacularly effective in building infrastructure and is currently investing almost half of its GDP; it is crafting a new economic idiom that has stood textbook wisdom on its head. Meanwhile, India is the classic example of a 'promising' economy: more than half of its GDP is consumed by its billion-plus population.
2. 'Sacred Grove': Written by Daman Singh; Published by HarperCollins-India; Priced at Rs.200.
Master of jingles, aspiring Bay-blader and star cricketer on home ground, Ashwin is smart, funny, and sometimes bratty beyond belief. As the son of the district collector in a small town in central India, he has little to worry about except his mother's mood swings, his father's principles and an about-to-be-born sibling. And yes, his Masi's occasional visits, not always with a gift in hand.
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