An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions

摘要

In An Uncertain Glory, two of India's principal economists, discuss the country's social and economic problems which they insist lies in its complete negligence of basic essential needs of its people. Throughout the book, a particular focus is given to the poor education and health conditions that result in a wide growing gap between the rich and the poor. The authors of this book are Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. Jean Dreze is a Belgian native, who moved to India in 1979 and became an Indian citizen in 2002. He received his PhD from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. Amartya Sen is an Indian economist, who is Thomas W. Lamont University professor and professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University. Sen received the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions welfare economics and social choice theory. An Uncertain Glory gives a lot of food for thought for professionals of several disciplines. Historians and economists can compare the development of India's government and economy after the end of the colonial rule in 1947 and draw conclusions. Business professionals, investors, health care professionals, and HR professionals, who are considering India as a place of business, are also able to see implications for doing business in India. As an HR professional and a graduate student of HRM, I saw numerous considerations necessary for firms outsourcing services to India or planning to do business in India. For example, basic infrastructures like power and transportation systems may not be readily available impeding productivity and efficiency for multinationals.