The Economist

India is an open, tolerant country. So why does liberalism not flourish there?

India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State. By Gurcharan Das. Penguin Global; 320 pages; $25. To be published in Britain in January by Allen Lane; £19.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk

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INDIA UNBOUND.
By Gurcharan Das.
Knopf; 384 pages; $27.50; 495 Indian rupees.

MISTAKEN MODERNITY: INDIA BETWEEN WORLDS.
By Dipankar Gupta.
Harper Collins; 225 pages; 195 Indian rupees