Book Lounge | A Sixth of Humanity | Devesh Kapur & Arvind Subramanian

​‘A Sixth of Humanity: Independent India’s Development Odyssey,’ is an excellent attempt to trace India’s development journey, from building a state to forging a sense of nationhood. The book unpacks India’s unique development model, a blend of democracy, socialism, and liberalisation, and examines how this singular trajectory continues to reshape global geopolitics and economics.

​A Sixth of Humanity is jointly written by Devesh Kapur, a political scientist, and Arvind Subramanian, a former chief economic advisor. Together, they bring decades of academic and policy experience to this remarkable work.

​The authors, Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian, will be in conversation with Pranay Kotasthane, Deputy Director at the Takshashila Institution.

​Tea and snacks will be served starting at 5:45 pm.