Published On Premiered May 12, 2024
About the Talk:
Looking back at life since childhood, experience and exposure to a new world, the lessons learnt and the journey to become a writer, a very interesting Memoir by Shri Gurcharan Das, the eminent author and playwrite in conversation with Ranjit Dass. Through his engaging anecdotes he narrates his pearls of wisdom on India's economic journey from Licence Raj to a Growing Economy.
About the Speaker:
Gurcharan Das is an Indian author, who wrote a trilogy based on the classical Indian goals of the ideal life. India Unbound was the first volume, on artha, 'material well-being', which narrated the story of India's economic rise from Independence to the global information age. Gurcharan Das graduated with honours from Harvard University in Philosophy. He had later attended Harvard Business School (AMP), where he is featured in three case studies. He was CEO of Procter & Gamble India and later managing director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide (Strategic Planning). At age 50, he took early retirement to become a full-time writer. 'Another Sort of Freedom' is his latest book.
Ranjit Dass is an academician and presently the Principal of the Nath Valley School, Aurangabad, a post he has held since 1992 when school was founded.
Topics Covered:
0:00 Power Statement
2:50 Undivided India exposure
3:45 Japan Economic model for India
6:40 Childhood experience - Partition and Blood Bath
12:50 Indus valley treaty with Pakistan
14:10 Schooling in America - first taste of Racism
19:40 American Dream come true
22:40 Making a Living or making a Life at Harvard
26:19 Life of action
31:00 The licence Raj
37:00 Why didn't India follow the Japanese model after independence
39:25 The Kamle story - from Security Guard to Director
46:40 Journey of playwriting
53:00 The Homecoming of a Writer
Q&A
54:17 What are your views on the Economy after Licence Raj - the disparity?
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