Anxieties and Aspirations of India
What will it take to fulfill the promise of the Republic?
India is the world’s largest democracy — and yet, every citizen knows a quiet truth: the Republic is not complete.
We live in a nation of stunning achievements and stubborn shortcomings; a land where skyscrapers rise beside ration queues, billion-dollar start-ups beside jobless graduates, and world-class digital platforms beside crumbling courts. We are proud of how far we’ve come, yet uneasy about how much is still left undone.
The Unfinished Republic is not a history book, not a policy manifesto, and not a lament.
It is a conversation between the India we dreamed of and the India we live in today — told through the institutions that protect our freedoms, the factories that built our prosperity, the elections that shape our destiny, and the human stories that reveal both our progress and our pain.
Moving from the CAG to the RBI, from the ballot booth to the boardroom, this book traces the emotional and economic journey of a nation still becoming itself. It celebrates the courage that built India, confronts the complacency that threatens it, and asks the most important question of all:
Can we match the sacrifices of those who won us freedom with the responsibility of finishing the Republic they began?
RAVISHANKAR KALYANASUNDARAM
Write your review for this book (optional)
Review Deleted
Your review has been deleted and won’t appear on the book anymore.
Ravishankar Kalyanasundaram
Ravishankar Kalyanasundaram is a Chartered Accountant and SAP consultant whose fivedecade career has unfolded alongside India’s economic transformation. From boardrooms to factory floors, from greenfield initiatives to complex turnarounds, he has built, advised, and observed organisations at close quarters — gaining a rare, groundlevel understanding of how institutions actually function. What sets him apart is not just professional breadth, but proximity to policy. As a frontrow witness to India’s economic reforms — from licenceraj to liberalisation to the technology age — he has seen policy choices ripple through companies, communities, and lives. His work carries this ringside clarity: recognising achievement, confronting failure, and insisting that the Republic must rise to the promise of its people.
