The Idea of India
The idea of Chaupaati, the business, is founded in the unique trends and characteristics of India, the country. We are not nationalists, we are not political, we are not socialists, nor is the purview of our fascinations, thoughts and experiences limited to one country. However, we do believe that our ideas apply to India like no other country in the world. Here are the team’s top 5 books related with India that influence our thinking.
India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy
The best researched history of independent India.
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
A critique of modern economics since the 1970’s
A Fine Balance
A novel about four ordinary lives in Mumbai in times of Emergency
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple
A travelogue about the historical capital of India, New Delhi
Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India’s Poorest Districts
Research findings of poverty in the rural districts of India
Other influences: Amartya Sen, Clayton Christensen, Jim Collins, Marcus Buckingham, Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Chandra, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Khushwant Singh, George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens
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