Books by Katherine Frank
“This is a real page-turner. It’s…an account of Indira Gandhi as a person and her complexity as a leader. It’s a sympathetically written book – clearly the author likes Indira Gandhi and is fascinated by her. There are two points in the book that read like a Greek tragedy, like fiction. The first is the day before Indira Gandhi declared an emergency and took over dictatorial control of India from 1975-77…That most remarkable day in India’s history is described beautifully. The other point where the book really builds up is the day before her assassination.” Read more...
The best books on The Indian Economy
Kaushik Basu, Economist
Interviews where books by Katherine Frank were recommended
The best books on The Indian Economy, recommended by Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics at Cornell and former Chief Economist of the World Bank (2012-2016), says there’s a Gandhian way of evaluating society that takes account of both growth and inequality, and tells us why his job is an anthropologist’s dream come true. He picks the best books to understand India’s economy.
