| Summary: | There has been, of late, a growing realisation that the pace and pattern of economic development of a country can hardly be understood and explained comprehensively in terms of the straitjacket of economics discipline alone. India is a prime example of�the�importance of the part played�by a country's history, culture, sociology, and�socio-cultural-religious norms, values, and institutions in its development process. This book,�with its assorted essays of varying depths of scholarship and insightful reflections, attempts to drive home this point more forcefully�than ever before. In its search for the non-economic roots of�Indias overall sloth and murky progress in its broad-based economic and human development, the book illuminates major oddities deep inside a unique mental make-up full of�perceptual and ideational dilemmas, many of which are arguably shaped by�the long-lasting and dominant influence of what could be called the Brahminical lines of thinking and discourse. With Indias hazy and dodgy world of perceptions as a backdrop, the book also addresses through its intelligent essays - the deep and sometimes dire ramifications of the historic advent and the dramatic advance of neoliberal market ideology today.
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