Imagining India : ideas for the new century / Nandan Nilekani.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [486]-501) and index.

Notes from an Accidental Entrepreneur -- Pt. 1. India Reimagined -- Ideas that Have Arrived -- India, By Its People -- From Rejection to Open Arms: The Entrepreneur in India -- The Phoenix Tongue: The Rise, Fall and Rise of English -- From Maneaters to Enablers -- Home and the World: Our Changing Seasons -- The Deepening of Our Democracy -- A Restless Country -- Pt. 2. All Aboard -- Ideas in Progress -- S Is for Schools: The Challenges in India's Classrooms -- Our Changing Faces: India in the City -- The Long Roads Home -- Erasing Lines: Our Emerging Single Market -- Moving Deadlines -- Pt. 3. Fighting Words -- Ideas in Battle -- The Sound and the Fury: Our Biggest Fights -- Jostling for Jobs -- Institutions of Sand: Our Universities -- A Fine Balance -- Pt. 4. Closer than They Appear -- Ideas to Anticipate -- ICT in India: From Bangalore One to Country One -- Changing Epidemics: From Hunger to Heart Disease -- Our Social Insecurities: The Missing Demographic -- The Forest for the Trees: India's Environment Challenge -- Power Plays: In Search of Our Energy Solutions -- The Network Effect -- Conclusion: The Awakened Country.