Manmohan Singh is globally renowned as the economist who played a key role in ushering in India’s economic liberalization and as the statesman who was Prime Minister of India for ten years. This eminent policymaker, however, remains at heart a thinker and a scholar.

Changing India, a set of five volumes, is the definitive expression of Singh’s perspectives on a wide range of economic, social, and political issues as they evolved over his long and eventful career. It covers a broad span of time, from his days in academia during the 1950s to 2014 when he completed two consecutive terms as Prime Minister. Including select writings, speeches, interviews, and press conferences, the volumes reflect his views on various themes, including trade and development, economic reforms, the quest for social equity, and India’s place in the world. Not only do they offer an insight into the mind of this important figure in India’s political and economic history, they help us understand the unfolding of that history itself.