A review by kruti
Whole Numbers and Half Truths by Rukmini S
5.0
This is an excellent book. One has often heard the "anything you say about Indians, the opposite is equally true" - for a country as big and diverse as ours, data around how Indians live certainly has many untold stories behind it.
This book provides the much-needed nuance to numbers we know about India, the stories behind official stats, and why good data is so critical for policy. Eye-opening insights on consumption (what's wrong w our consumption data?), income (why is it sooo hard to get a realistic picture of income?), crime (to what extent is Delhi really an unsafe rape capital?), urbanisation (is India really urbanising as fast as media makes it seem?)...
I took copious notes. Highly recommend.
This book provides the much-needed nuance to numbers we know about India, the stories behind official stats, and why good data is so critical for policy. Eye-opening insights on consumption (what's wrong w our consumption data?), income (why is it sooo hard to get a realistic picture of income?), crime (to what extent is Delhi really an unsafe rape capital?), urbanisation (is India really urbanising as fast as media makes it seem?)...
I took copious notes. Highly recommend.