In a rare try to understand the Indianness of Indians-among the most intelligent people in the world, but also, to a dispassionate attention, perhaps probably the most baffling-V. Raghunathan uses the props of video game theory and behavioral economics to provide an insight in to the tough conundrum of why we are the way we are. He puts under the scanner our behaviour towards rationality and irrationality, selflessness and selfishness, competition and cooperation, and cooperation and deception. Drawing examples from just how we behave in day-to-day circumstances, Games Indians Play attempts to show how over time each one of us-whether entrepreneurs, politicians, bureaucrats, or just simple us-stand to income more if we were to assume just a little self-regulation, provide fairness a chance and strive to cooperate and collaborate a little more even if self-interest were to be our main driving force.