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A Better India: A Better World (2009)

by N.R. Narayana Murthy(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

067008283X (ISBN13: 9780670082834)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Penguin Global

review 1: N.R.Narayan Murthy is an epitome of a man who lived by his principles all his life. This also reflected in Infosys, the organization that went on to be respected by the world. This book is a collection of his lectures/speeches on various occasions in the 2000s. He presents his views and suggestions on how to tackle some of the problems faced by India and the world at large in public governance. He also speaks on corporate governance, globalization, philanthropy and what entrepreneurship means to him etc.
review 2: The author is definitely a legend and a person of impeccable reputation. His name on the book alone can make the reader feel excited about the discussion inside it. But strangely i found the book a bit disappointing. May be we expect much more from a ... morelegend or may be legends should stick to what they are good at. But the bottom line is, this book could have been written in a far better way. The topic of essays(or rather lectures that he gave all over the globe) are excellent and they indeed should be given serious thinking for a better India. But unfortunately, except once or twice, MR Murthy has not been able to give a very concrete idea or plan. Asking everyone to be morally right and hardworking will not bring change in a miraculous way, and is too much to expect. Providing numerous statistics and numbers, and then showing grave concern on it will also change nothing! India is a large(and highly populated) nation with a complex mixture of different religion, languages and cultures. So we should discuss the problems in a mature way.But sometimes Mr Murthy seems to be out of loop from some realities of our country. For example, in one of the essays under Education, he says if he becomes a principal of a secondary school, he will ".....reduce the class size so that better attention can be given to individual students." Now, I don't think I have to tell you that considering the population of our country and the dearth of basic infrastructure, this certainly is impossible. So how can we take it as a suggestion or plan to make India a better place? Similarly his suggestion regarding eradicating corruption in politics will leave you wondering, why exactly the Singaporean minister who shot himself, should make our politicians to change their hearts? Is it the Singaporean Prime Minister's view or the regret in deceased Minister, that should be noticed. I wonder how this thing relates with our politicians!But still, Mr Murthy is a voice which should be given a respectable hearing(even if voice gets irritatingly redundant in facts and narration) and his vast experience could be of great resource for the nation.Though I was able to read very few pages of Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India', but still i will recommend his book over Mr Murthy's as Imagining India is much more clear in vision and Mr Nilekani has done a wonderful job to provide better arguments.So much so about the Legends! less

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