{"product_id":"the-residue-of-progress-the-arnab-mondal-9789377529215","title":"The Residue of Progress The Fall of a Factory, the Hidden Game Behind It, and the Town It Left Behind","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Durgapur was once a symbol of pride-of industry, growth, and human ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, it stands as a graveyard of abandoned factories and shattered public sector dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a management consultant is sent to revive a failing plant in the town - he expects broken processes and bad management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, he finds perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetrics are green. Processes are optimized. Teams are performing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet-the factory is falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he struggles to explain the contradiction, another story begins to unfold beyond the factory gates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the crumbling townships and deserted quarters of Durgapur lie the secrets of a collapse-of a once-mighty industrial ecosystem that disintegrated, leaving behind lost identities, fractured communities, and unanswered questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA past shaped not just by bad decisions, but by forces far beyond it-Cold War alliances, geopolitical trade-offs, and betrayals at the highest levels that were never acknowledged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the consultant digs deeper, he uncovers layers of uncomfortable truth-and something far more unsettling lurking in the rusted industrial ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Residue of Progress is a gripping geopolitical-management mystery set in the shadow of India's industrial decline - where global power games, corporate systems, and human survival collide... and the past refuses to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnab Mondal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9377529212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789377529215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ukiyoto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Arnab Mondal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437793161471,"sku":"9789377529215","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2c91153-fdfa-476d-af67-3a972a190898.jpg?v=1777164095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-residue-of-progress-the-arnab-mondal-9789377529215","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}