Download or read book Grit that Defied Odds written by A. K. Pande and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period between 1975 to the beginning of the twenty-first century saw great strides being taken in economic policies and econoic development. It also marked the plummeting of civil administration into new lows ofcorruption becsuse of dubious alliances between some elements in the bureaucracy, politics, trade and industry.