India Shining and Sinking
ndia Shining and Sinking is a collection of daunting and thought provoking essays on a diverse range of subjects ranging from politics, governance to corruption and poverty. The author writes that India is currently under siege both from within and from the outside. Corruption and incompetence has got deeply incorporated in our governance and the politicians’ today work only for self-advancement rather than the welfare of the nation and its citizens. The economic health of India has been badly affected by this and crime and corruption have become bywords of our daily lives. To add to the existing problems within the country, our neighbors such as Pakistan and China are on constantly on the look-out for a slightest hitch in the system so that they can breach our defences. In these times of turmoil and unrest, the largest democracy in the world is heading into elections and about to vote into power leaders who can either make or break India. About S. K. Shah Mr. S.K Shah is an Indian author and social commentator. He completed his schooling from Sant Nirankari School in 1966, and completed his Bachelors in English from Hansraj College followed by his Masters in English also from Delhi University. Despite joining his family business, he always had a flair for writing and it was in 1997 that started writing letters to the Editors. The compilation of these letters was released in the form of a book Insight I in 1999 and the second volume Insight II was released in 2003.
