The relevance of Kautilya

The central message of this book is that Kautilya's advice, suggestions and recommendations are still relevant

Kautilyanomics for Modern Times 

Author: Sriram Balasubramanian 

Publisher: Bloomsbury 

Pages: 266 

Price: Rs 600

What do Confucius, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Mark Twain and Groucho Marx have in common? As Bibek Debroy, chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, cleverly points out in his superb Foreword, many pithy sayings are attributed to them, often without supporting evidence.

Now India has its own combination of the people mentioned above. Kautilya or Chanakya and maybe a few other people too, all of whom are now said to be Chanakya or Kautilya.

Mr Debroy says no one really knows if Kautilya or Chanakya were one person or many