![]() ![]() Indians prefer vertical over horizontal relations, on numerous instances from wars to running industries, it has been seen that Indians prefer/are more comfortable with their managers and subordinates as opposed to colleagues. The author notes that those who were quick, as opposed to being better, to grab the opportunity benefitted at that time. The emergence of “brown sahib” in the British Raj: Primarily Brahmins learned English and took up clerical and managerial jobs for Britishers. The prevailing culture of looking down on merchants as greedy, as opposed to viewing them as the lifeblood of the economy, did further harm. The author further notes that while “some” Britishers made huge profits in India, overall British India did not provide a lot of profit to the crown. Handlooms all over the world were impacted by the emergence of technology and since India was the largest textile maker in the world, it got impacted the most. ![]() While British Raj did harm India, the reason that Indian handicrafts lost to machine-driven goods is also significant. The author narrates his personal experiences of the economic conditions of India from 1947-2001. The author was born in 1943 in West Punjab, which is now under the occupation of Pakistan. The book is divided primarily into three parts, the pre-independence era, the post-independence pre-liberalized era, and post-liberalized India. ![]()
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