In the era where we often look India's story through statistics of GDP growth & demographic dividends, beneath these figures lies another story, one of entrepreneurship, traditions, communities & social cohesion, that has been quietly shaping the nation for generations.
Highway to Swades by Bhairavi Jani is not merely the consideration of an 18,000+km journey across the two dimensions of the country but an exploration of the invisible threads that bind a civilization of extraordinary diversity into a shared national consciousness.
It talks about 12 civilisational superpowers that can either build or destroy the whole civilization, these are:-
Enterprise, nature, Heritage, Creativity, Knowledge, food, beauty, wellness, optimism, inclusion, individual & community.
After reading this book, one will get to know that:
(i) The diversity of India is is a strength to celebrate not a challenge to overcome.
(ii) The Indian spirit of enterprise not only thrives in boardroom but in villages & local market as well.
(iii) Ancient wisdom & modern innovations are not two separate poles, but the poles that bridges the progress of nation.
(iv) Youth can only shape the country's future if it start reading and exploring the roots.
- Anurag Khanna, educator as Sunbeam Suncity School.
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