This week, Nandan Nilekani visited New York as a part of his book tour. In his book, Imaging India, the Indian entrepreneur tries to trace the central ideas that shaped India's past and present and asks the key question of the future of India and its role as a global citizen and emerging economic giant: How will India as a global power avoid the mistakes of earlier development models?
One of my friends had extra tickets to see Thomas Friedman interview Nanadan on his new book, and I immediately jumped at the offer. The interview took place at the New York public library and I must say it was certainly a very interesting conversation. They spoke on a wide variety of topics including corruption, politics, economy, caste, Infosys (Of course!!!) and the next generation Indians making their mark around the world. Thomas Friedman has a very good sense of humor and it felt good being Indian and to see Nandan not only answering all the questions with the same humor but also bringing out the truth in each of his answers as to the true state of affairs in India. He really gave a good insight into India (without any of the hype and BS) and had the whole audience engrossed from start to finish. The most interesting conversation (I thought) was about global warming and how India and China are being blamed.
Good to see we have a new Global Ambassador to India who is making the rounds.
One of my friends had extra tickets to see Thomas Friedman interview Nanadan on his new book, and I immediately jumped at the offer. The interview took place at the New York public library and I must say it was certainly a very interesting conversation. They spoke on a wide variety of topics including corruption, politics, economy, caste, Infosys (Of course!!!) and the next generation Indians making their mark around the world. Thomas Friedman has a very good sense of humor and it felt good being Indian and to see Nandan not only answering all the questions with the same humor but also bringing out the truth in each of his answers as to the true state of affairs in India. He really gave a good insight into India (without any of the hype and BS) and had the whole audience engrossed from start to finish. The most interesting conversation (I thought) was about global warming and how India and China are being blamed.
Good to see we have a new Global Ambassador to India who is making the rounds.
