Dehradun, April 11 -- Book Review

From India's linguistic diversity to the number of Indians paying Income Tax and the likely fallouts of the current census, and how migrants are driving India's economy - there is one 'go-to-book': 100 Ways to See India: Stats, Stories and Surprises by Rohit Saran. It helps place facts in perspective, demolish many a shibboleth and offer a fresh insight about so many things that define the everyday reality of the world's fastest growing economy.

Statistics are boring and more often than not, put the reader to sleep; but this book is different. Each data set is accompanied by an easy to understand graph/chart and a story which makes one pause, think and say, 'I didn't know that!' The illustration will ch...