It is well recognised that India has realised astonishing rates of economic development in recent years. To ensure that this development continues, Gurcharan Das argued that we must firmly grasp the elements of past successes and learn from past failures. The prospect of ongoing and successful economic development is to be found in crucial trends in recent Indian experience. Moreover, Das argued the Indian experience is unique, and while it may bear comparison with the experiences of other rapidly developing economies, it is to the uniqueness of the Indian experience that we must look if we are to locate and nurture India's true strengths, which are the keys to future successes.

Gurcharan Das is a former CEO of Procter & Gamble, a venture capitalist and consultant, a journalist, and author of India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age.

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