BOOK SUMMARY OF INDIA UNBOUND: FROM INDEPENDENCE TO THE GLOBAL INFORMATION AGE In India Unbound , acclaimed columnist Gurcharan Das offers a comprehensive view of the economic and social transformation of India from independence to the new millennium. It is the riveting story of a nation's rise from poverty to prosperity and the clash of ideas that occurred along the way. Das shows how India's policies after 1947 condemned the nation to a hobbled economy until 1991, when the government instituted sweeping reforms that paved the way for extraordinary growth. Das traces these developments and tells the stories of the major players from Nehru