"Good intentions are useless without common sense "
—India Grows at Night
"Sleeping in the park is civilisation. First, you need a noisy city. Second, a green, calm spot in a great park "
—India Unbound
There are many essays by Gurcharan Das, which have appeared over the years in anthologies edited by other authors. There are also forewords and introductions to books written by other authors. Given below is a selection. The reader is encouraged to search on the Internet for a specific item if not found here.
"Good intentions are useless without common sense "
—India Grows at Night"Sleeping in the park is civilisation. First, you need a noisy city. Second, a green, calm spot in a great park "
—India UnboundThere are many essays by Gurcharan Das, which have appeared over the years in anthologies edited by other authors. There are also forewords and introductions to books written by other authors. Given below is a selection. The reader is encouraged to search on the Internet for a specific item if not found here.
Interviews/Press Reports
Union Budget: Investment over consumption in 2022
13 February, 2022Toolkit for the Indian reformer: The farm laws fiasco offers 7 lessons on how to reform in a democracy
07 November, 2021No nation became prosperous without trust between government and business.
30 August, 2021US, India: Stop the uncivil wars: When a nation forgets it’s one people and institutions weaken, we’re at the abyss
Times of India
12 January, 2021Don’t kill 2nd green revolution: Rolling back farm reforms would privilege a small but vociferous group over the silent majority
02 December, 2020Tales Of Trade: How ‘Dharma’ Anchors Business And Markets
06 April, 2018Dharma, Markets and Indian Capitalism
05 January, 2014Scenes from a Punjabi Childhood
21 July, 2009The Dilemma of a Liberal Hindu
Times of India
19 March, 2007India: How a rich nation became poor and will be rich again
Case Studies, co-edited by Peter Berger and Laurence Harrison, Routledge, 2005
19 March, 2007Foreword to Guy Sorman's book, Year of the Rooster (Full Circle, 2007)
19 March, 2007'Entrepreneurship Entry' in Oxford Companion to the Indian Economy
Times of India
19 March, 2007Two optimists a better tomorrow
01 January, 1999Union Budget: Investment over consumption in 2022
13 February, 2022Toolkit for the Indian reformer: The farm laws fiasco offers 7 lessons on how to reform in a democracy
07 November, 2021No nation became prosperous without trust between government and business.
30 August, 2021US, India: Stop the uncivil wars: When a nation forgets it’s one people and institutions weaken, we’re at the abyss
Times of India
12 January, 2021Don’t kill 2nd green revolution: Rolling back farm reforms would privilege a small but vociferous group over the silent majority
02 December, 2020Tales Of Trade: How ‘Dharma’ Anchors Business And Markets
06 April, 2018Dharma, Markets and Indian Capitalism
05 January, 2014Scenes from a Punjabi Childhood
21 July, 2009The Dilemma of a Liberal Hindu
Times of India
19 March, 2007India: How a rich nation became poor and will be rich again
Case Studies, co-edited by Peter Berger and Laurence Harrison, Routledge, 2005
19 March, 2007Foreword to Guy Sorman's book, Year of the Rooster (Full Circle, 2007)
19 March, 2007'Entrepreneurship Entry' in Oxford Companion to the Indian Economy
Times of India
19 March, 2007Two optimists a better tomorrow
01 January, 1999