This book is a collection of 11 essays, all of them interconnected and some even overlapping. They range from an analysis of the global landscape to an identification of India’s opportunities. There is the big picture but also the real practicalities that make up the world. Key relationships are addressed in detail but the entire global framework is presented as well. Some forays take us into the past, others into the future. All together, they seek to explain a decade of change.