A unique collection of thoughts, ideas, views and vision of some of the brightest brains and most respected individuals—from senior cabinet ministers to role model captains of industry; from internationally acclaimed economists to diplomats par excellence and think-tank honchos; from IT innovators to provocative journalists—all jostle together in this volume sharing glimpses of India of their dreams.

Sheer diversity of subjects, strength of arguments, force of articulation and the breadth of vision is sure to provoke the reader to think about India…

Surendra Kumar is a historian by education, diplomat by profession and a sensitive author and poet. He has represented India in a dozen countries in the last three and a half decades in various capacities as: Ambassador to Mozambique, Libya, Eritrea and Democratic Republic of Congo; High Commissioner to Kenya, Swaziland and Malta; Consul General in Chicago, Minister (Press, Information and Culture) London; PR of India to UNEP & UN-HABITAT; Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; and Dean, Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi.

Pradeep K. Kapur, Joint Secretary, Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs is a career diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service, and has interest in the theory and practice of economic, political and cultural diplomacy. He has been India’s Ambassador to Cambodia, and has served in various capacities in the Ministry of External Affairs and in the Indian Embassies abroad. He has studied at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi), Oxford University, UK, and has been a faculty member at Georgetown University, Washington DC.