Naushad Forbes by his own admission has a hybrid background. He is “an industrialist, an academic interested in innovation policy, a past president of the Confederation of Indian Industry and someone who enjoys participating in public debate in…newspapers.” He also has a sense of humour that sets him apart from most industrialists, academics and public policy commentators. Not surprisingly, therefore, he describes himself as “a Parsi from Pune, who struggles to speak Hindi, eats beef and reads P G Wodehouse”.
If his latest book, The Struggle and the Promise – Restoring India’s Potential, has turned out to be a refreshing

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