Era of India: From Impoverished Colony to the World’s Third-Largest Economy

The book explores the economic and historical forces that shaped the gap between Europe and Asia, including industrialization, colonial expansion, technological innovation and the movement of global wealth. It then considers how India's growth could influence the international order in the coming decades.

Minhaz Merchant is a media entrepreneur, editor and publisher. He has written biographies of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and industrialist Aditya Vikram Birla, and Era of India is described as his eighth book.

Era of India traces long-term shifts in wealth, power and economic development across civilizations before focusing on India's post-1947 transformation. Using historical research and economic data, the book examines colonialism, industrialization and technological change and discusses how India's expanding economic role may reshape global power relationships.