Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation: The Relentless Invention of Modern India

Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation: The Relentless Invention of Modern India (2017) is a book by Adam Roberts, The Economist's South Asia bureau chief from 2010 to 2015. Drawing on five years based in Delhi, Roberts travels from Kerala to Kashmir to ask whether India can become a great power. He weighs growth, inequality, democracy and foreign policy against the obstacles that keep the country from that role.

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Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book of the week is a terrific new book on India, "Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation: The Relentless Invention of Modern India" by Adam Roberts, who spent the last five years as The Economist's correspondent there. There have been many such books on India by Western reporters dazzled, bewildered and amused by its chaos and color. This one captures India today best, with all its promise and pitfalls, an easy, breezy read.”