title: A Better India: A Better World
author:  NR Narayana Murthy 
description: What will it take for India to bridge this great divide? When will the fruits of development reach the poorest of the poor, and wipe the tears from the eyes of every man, woman and child, as Mahatma Gandhi had dreamt? And how should this, our greatest challenge ever, be negotiated? In this honest, bold and remarkably well-argued book, N.R. Narayana Murthy, who shows us that a society working for the greatest welfare of the greatest number samasta jananam sukhino bhavantu must focus on two simple things: values and good leadership. Drawing on the remarkable Infosys story and the lessons learnt from the two decades of post-reform India, Narayana Murthy lays down the ground rules that must be followed if future generations are to inherit a truly progressive nation.
zlib_text: If any one person can be called the father of India’s booming IT
  sector, it’s N.R. Narayana Murthy. Murthy proved that India could
  compete with the world by taking on the software development work
  that had long been the province of the West. As one of six co-
  founders of Infosys and the CEO for 21 years, Murthy helped spark
  the outsourcing revolution that has brought billions of dollars in
  wealth into the Indian economy and transformed his country into the
  world’s back office.
  Time, August 15, 2007
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  NR Narayana Murthy’s greatest contribution to Indian business is not
  the creation of Infosys, one of India’s most successful companies. It
  is the creation of a “possibility” that people from humble backgrounds
  can create multi-billion dollar companies only on the basis of a
  vision, passion and hard work.
  The Economic Times, October 27, 2007
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  His simplicity and plain-spokenness are refreshing in this era of
  image managers and spin doctors.
  Business Today, February 17, 2013
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  Murthy knows h