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Indians Are Privately Smart and Publicly Dumb

September 17, 2007 · Posted in Misc 

In his book - “Games Indians Play: Why we Are the Way We Are”, author V Raghunathan applies game theory concepts to present the Indian psyche - attitude. Using examples like the tendency of Indians to drive through red lights, the author argues that Indians focus on short term gains as opposed to long term benefits. The author is a former professor at IIMA, former president at ING Vysya Bank and currently serves as MD of GMR Industries.

Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting interview with V Raghunathan about his book. The interview has definitely piqued my interest in the book.

If you have read the book, drop in a line and let me know how you found the book.


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2 Responses to “Indians Are Privately Smart and Publicly Dumb”

  1. Vijay Ramachandran on September 19th, 2007 2:42 am

    The book was, at the end of the day, disappointing. It uses game theory to explain the behaviour of Indians. However, I felt that (1) it didn’t delve at all into the motivations behind why Indians are so prone to fall into the prisoner’s dilemma, and (2) seemed to be used as a hammer for every problem - “oh, this is clearly and easily explained by game theory” - it somehow feels shallow. On the whole, an interesting read, but should have been much better.

  2. pranav on September 20th, 2007 1:45 am

    thanks for the suggestion vijay..A first hand review definitely helps :-)