{"product_id":"the-dilemma-of-an-indian-gurcharan-das-9789354476792","title":"The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I became a liberal because I believed in the virtues of openness, mutual respect, and a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcern for others. Liberalism offered me an ethically responsible order of human progress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithout necessarily involving the state.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGurcharan Das has been a lifelong and passionate champion of both economic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand political freedom. 'For over two centuries, ' he writes, 'liberal democracies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand free markets spread around the world to become the only sensible way\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto organize public life.' After years of the stifling 'license raj', he watched and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecelebrated India's long-delayed move towards a liberal order in the 1990s, as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarket reform and a maturing democratic process began to yield remarkable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresults, bringing prosperity and dignity to the many millions who had been\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edenied both for decades. He recorded this progress in his classic study, India\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnbound. But after three decades, that light seems to be fading. As in the rest of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe world, liberalism is in retreat in India as well. Society is hopelessly polarized\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand populists are on the march. The debate appears to be about economic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efreedom versus political freedom-as if it is a given that the two cannot coexist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe liberal today is on a lonely road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to elucidate the dilemma of the Indian liberal, Gurcharan Das recounts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis own professional and intellectual journey: how and why he became a liberal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile telling his story, he also narrates the story of a nation struggling-still-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto become a successful liberal democracy-the late promise and its seeming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetrayal, but also the possibility of course correction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with conviction, insight and scholarship-and with immense clarity-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis is an urgent and illuminating book. It is a book that every Indian invested in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe future of the country should read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gurcharan Das\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354476791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354476792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.32w x 0.48d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gurcharan Das","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45065052389631,"sku":"9789354476792","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c674546-576a-49e3-b499-3296135bc81c.jpg?v=1712125468","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dilemma-of-an-indian-gurcharan-das-9789354476792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}