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Liked It “This book, applying the tenets of game theory, aims to help us understand and dare I say, anticipate the behaviour of Indians (a set that includes me) in a fairly robust, while witty, manner. However, the corollary question of "how should one handle situations that arise in day-to-day life?" is...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “This book appears very interesting at first but, as you start reading it you feel otherwise. The author claims to apply the game theory and behavorial economics to Indians and try to explain our behaviour. But, he pathetically fails to do so and only accomplishes to do what useless news reports...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“What a book! It gave an answer to a lot of my frustrations about the system, the community and the neighbourhood itself.”
Hema Mohan wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Points out really silly things that make indians look dirty.”
Imaya Kumar J wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book shows good statistics on Indian economy. The way in which author comparitively study the behavior of India's boom and bust using game and psychology theorems are really inovative. a bit difficult to understand due to usage of jargon on an average level needs to be noted.”
Y4B wrote this review Sunday, September 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Sachi wrote this review Tuesday, September 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book, applying the tenets of game theory, aims to help us understand and dare I say, anticipate the behaviour of Indians (a set that includes me) in a fairly robust, while witty, manner. However, the corollary question of "how should one handle situations that arise in day-to-day life?" is largely left unexplored (other than pointers towards super-rationality / karma.) I suppose, that is the 'open problem' for all of us to work on... A book that all Indians should read - if you ask me.”
Vinod M wrote this review Sunday, August 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Loads of Game Theory....which makes a lot of sense when it explains our (Indians') attitude in general. Really helps explain 'why we are the way we are'.”
bharat p wrote this review Tuesday, August 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An interesting book.
mmakkar wrote this review Wednesday, July 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Author ties to apply games theory "Prisoner's Dilemma" to almost every Indian behavior. Start off well but if you don't have much of the mathematical/games theory knowledge, you might loose interest.
Most of the places he is spot on, but not all as he claims.
Worth reading for every indian.”“Wonderful insights into the way we are...”
Rajkumar M wrote this review Wednesday, June 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“After the first few pages it becomes difficult to remain glued to the book. But i do appreciate the fact that Raghunathan has brilliantly brought to light how co-operation can bring about success esp in the case of TVS. The wolf's dilemma was a great learning situation.An insight into a complicated system!”
sandra b wrote this review Sunday, September 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Interesting application of games theory to show why Indians behave the way they do and consequences of the same. In some ways, the criticism of Indian society is not dissimilar to that by V S Naipaul - but the explanation and games theory framework appealed to me.”
Dhananjay wrote this review Friday, May 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
