GATED REPUBLIC

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Author: Shankkar aiyar
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS IN
Edition: Mon Apr 13 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
ISBN-13: 9789353573874
Publishing year: Mon Apr 13 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
No of pages: 304
Weight: 500 grams
Language: English
Book binding: Hardcover

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Seventy years since it became a republic, India has come a long way. But it is still failing on some key fronts. Piped drinking water for all continues to be a pipe dream; homes and businesses are haunted by power outages; the lack of proper primary health care renders the poorest more vulnerable; millions of children coming out of schools lack rudimentary skills; and the security of lives and enterprises, a source of great anxiety, depends on private contractors. Indians are seceding from dependence on the government for these most basic of services and are investing in the pay-and-plug economy. They have internalized the incapacity of the state to deliver these and are opting for private providers despite the costs. But can India sustain private republics amidst public failures in a landscape scarred by social and economic fault lines? What are the possible solutions? Can government reinvent itself? The Gated Republic presents an interrogative view of the history and future of private India.