MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE

In 1998 a book was published that was surprisingly ahead of its times. It wascalled India 2020 and proposed that India could soon be one of the top fiveeconomies of the world. The nation had set off a series of nuclear tests andwas facing worldwide sanctions. A new government had taken charge andthe economy was facing a tough time. It was not the best of times to predictthat India had it in her to get on the fast track to development. The visionpresented in the book would go on to inspire directly or indirectly manysectors of the economy to work for and achieve high growth. The book has sincesold hundreds of thousands of copies. in A Manifesto for Change its author A.P.J. Abdul Kalam writing withco-author V. Ponraj offers a sequel. As focused then as now on his dream of adeveloped India by 2020 the eleventh President of India examines what weneed to get right to accomplish that essential goal: harnessing the stupendousenergy of our youth to contribute to growth a united Parliament that makesfull use of its time for constructive debate and rises above petty party politics toachieve the larger national vision and a plan of action that looks atdevelopment from the grassroots to giant strides in infrastructure andbridging the urban-rural disparity. It is time to leave behind the politics ofantagonism and disruption behind he suggests. As reward: a developed Indiaas befits this beautiful land.