Paul R. Dettman lived and worked in the India of Nehru's "tryst with destiny." This book is his attempt to analyze the changes -- political, social, economic -- that have taken place in India in the last 50 years. And going beyond the 50th anniversary year of 1997, the author projects the various scenarios that can be played out in the fields of politics, food supply, community development, and the environment.
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Following his return to the United States in 1969, he completed a PhD in Urban Studies at Kent State University. During the eleven years between 1976 and 1987, he was a member of the staff of a regional planning agency that was given the responsibility of bringing the Cuyahoga River that had caught fire in 1968 and the four other rivers that discharge into Lake Erie in the vicinity of Cleveland into compliance with the standards of the Federal Clean Water Act. Until 1996, he engaged in various forms of community service. Following his return from his first trip to India in 26 years, he has devoted his time to writing about the contemporary Indian scene.
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