Uncoded : A Technological History Of Independent India

Uncoded : A Technological History Of Independent India

‘Rewires how we think of nation-building’

Charles Assisi, technology columnist at Hindustan Times

From factories to farms, battlefields to boardrooms, clinics to classrooms—in the years since Independence, modern technology has swept through all corners of Indian life.

But back in 1947, this seemed impossible. Low literacy, poverty and lack of expertise meant that newly independent India was unable to afford the mighty technologies of World War II that were reshaping the globe. Yet, a determined team of far-sighted policymakers and scientists dared to make the impossible possible.

Today, India is home to leading software companies and a world-renowned space programme. For many Indians, modern technology has become part of daily life.

Uncoded: A Technological History of Independent India is a story of one of the greatest technological transformations in the modern world. Blending a unique narrative with illustrations, trivia, anecdotes and an informative timeline, it explores how a nation used science and technology to rebuild itself and reimagine its destiny against all odds.

Publisher. Penguin Books

Author. Megha Gupta