An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions

An Uncertain Glory by Nobel Prize Winner Amartya Sen and Jean Drèze is a magisterial and elegantly written book, something one should expect of two such distinguished experts. It addresses the fundamental contradiction of one of the world's major political actors and emerging economies: How is it that India has been able to sustain a democratic system of governance in a country which is riddled with internal inequalities, diversity and difference?