About the book: For two centuries, liberal democracies and free markets spread around the world. India's 1991 market reforms brought millions out of poverty and created a new middle class. However, liberalism is in retreat. The debate appears to be about economic freedom versus political freedom - as if it is a given that the two cannot coexist. In order to elucidate the dilemma of the Indian liberal, Gurcharan Das recounts his own professional and intellectual journey of becoming a liberal. While telling his story, he also narrates the story of a nation struggling-still- to become a successful liberal democracy- the late promise and its seeming betrayal, but also the possibility of course correction.

About the author: Gurcharan Das is a celebrated author and public intellectual. He is a best-selling author of India Unbound: From Independence to the Global Information Age, The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma, Kama: The Riddle of Desire and Another Sort of Freedom. He has been a regular columnist for the Times of India and his writings have also appeared in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, among others.

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