Edward Luce spent five years in India as South Asia bureau chief for the Financial Times. In his words during that time, Indians were, with few exceptions, "unreservedly kind, open, hospitable and tolerant." In return, Luce has gifted India this book - In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India.
The title suggests the subject matter is full of contradictions - just how exactly is the rise of India "strange"? Those apparent contradictions are explained...