TY - BOOK AU - Dreze,Jean AU - Sen, Amartya TI - An Uncertain glory: India and its contradictions SN - 9781846147616 U1 - 338.954 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Allen Lane KW - Economic development KW - India KW - History KW - India KW - Economic conditions KW - 1947 KW - Social conditions N1 - When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. Maintaining rapid as well as environmentally sustainable growth remains an important and achievable goal for India. The authors argue that the country's main problems lie in the lack of attention paid to the essential needs of the people, especially of the poor, and often of women. In the long run, even the feasibility of high economic growth is threatened by the underdevelopment of social and physical infrastructure and the neglect of human capabilities ER -