List 1:

1. The Idea of India – Sunil Khilnani – a keen effort to analyze modern Indian history and understand why and how India works as a secular democracy.

2. India – from Midnight to Millennium – Sashi Tharoor – Another superb and updated effort in line with Sunil Khilnani’s. A bit liberal for some, but wonderfully written and captures the modern, liberal indian ethos brilliantly.

3. In spite of the Gods – The strange rise of modern India – by Edward Luce

4. India Unbound – Gurucharan Das Continue reading Books on India