Vijay Saradhi

Niel Bohr is said to have said “ It is very hard to predict especially about the future.” A veteran technology leader and a young economist collaborate to do exactly this. And to our surprise they manage to do it without resorting to complex jargon from either economics or technology. Infact what makes this book an interesting read is the simple and honest narrative with an abundance of real life stories from India’s hinterlands. Like a honey bee buzzing around the nest, the book hammers through many issues such as underemployment, access to health and education, informal job sector, the gender gap, skill gap and professes t technology both as end and means to solve these issues. It is both prescriptive and predictive. It attempts to picture a nation of abundance in 2030 but somehow misses any mention of Climate Change – the impact on ordinary lives- the challenges and opportunities - any futurist can not afford to ignore !