JAIRAM RAMESH, a member of the Indian Parliament, has held key ministerial portfolios between 2006 and 2014—rural development, drinking water and sanitation, environment and forests, power and commerce. He has authored a number of best¬selling books including Old History, New Geography: Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh (2016), To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story (2015), Legislating for Justice: The 2013 Land Acquisition Law (2015), Green Signals: Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India (2015), Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India (2005) and Kautilya Today: Jairam Ramesh on Globalising India (2002).