India is the fastest growing economy in the world and contains 1.3 billion people, and this week features a unique look into the government of India from an insider’s perspective.

Sajeesh Kumar is a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a career civil servant with the Government of India. Before his fellowship, he was Director of the Smart City Mission at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India.

Zachary’s scene setting poem places us on the ground in India with, “Indian Soul.”