A conversation around the critically acclaimed book GRASPING GREATNESS, MAKING INDIA A LEADING POWER with two of the editors, Bibek Debroy (joining via Zoom) and C. Raja Mohan. The evening will be moderated by Ajay Kapur. Grasping Greatness is an important contribution to intellectual debate as India enters into a new era on the world stage. The book explores India’s push for eminence in world affairs and the economic, state-building, and international dimensions of this ambition.
Featured in the book are eminent thinkers like Rakesh Mohan, Ila Patnaik, Surjit Bhalla, Arjun Subramanian, and others who reflect upon the tasks at hand and the desirable routes to achieve them.
Edited by Ashley J. Tellis, Bibek Debroy and C. Raja Mohan, Grasping Greatness is an important contribution to the intellectual debates as India enters into a new era on the world stage.
‘Edited by three of today’s finest India scholars, Grasping Greatness compiles a compelling selection of contributions by distinguished historians, economists, and political scientists, all seeking to define India’s place in a world of great opportunity and immense challenge.’ Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha)
Registration: 18:30
Program starts: 19:00
Program ends: 20:00
ASHK Members / Friends of IBB / Students: HKD 250
Non-Member Ticket: HKD 300
Thu 12 Oct 2023, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Venue address: Miller Theater, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive Admiralty