Ever since I started visiting Delhi for the mobiles in India report, I've been reading books on the Indian economy and politics. There's quite a lot around at the moment. The elections, of course, and such a spectacle of mass democracy does mean our increasingly parochial newspapers pay attention, so there have been a few articles. India is also the theme of the upcoming London Book Fair. Today's Guardian Review Section has the same focus.

The next blockbuster, however, looks like the new book Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century by  Nandan Nilekani, Head of Infosys. He's doing a 'bookshop barnie' (ie. a reading, I think that means) at Stanfords in central London, 8pm on Thurs 23 April. Free event but must be booked. It seems like there will be a lot of hoopla about the book given the marketing effort Penguin is putting into it. There's a blog on the book's website and it looks quite interesting. To cap it all, the author has appeared on Jon Stewart's Daily Show. Fame indeed – that's definitely the big time as far as I'm concerned – although in the video JS is a lot more interesting than NN. I'd love to get views from anyone who's already read the book – worth a read?