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A definitive account of the Indian journey along the information superhighway, both in the US and in India.

The Horse That Flew – How India’s Silicon Gurus Spread Their Wings is the definitive account of the Indian journey along the information superhighway, both in the US and in India.

Along the way, the author profiles many trail blazers who led the Indian charge in Silicon valley, including Sabeer Bhatia, the man with a simple idea and nerves of steel, who sold his Hotmail to Microsoft for $400 million; Vinod Khosla, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems who has been called the “greatest VC of all time; and Vinod Sham, who masterminded the development of the famous Pentium chip.

Also profiled are the two Indian tycoons N R Narayana Murthy and Azim Prenmji, who have redrawn the Indian business map and who have helped Bangalore attain the status it has today.

The book also looks at the amazing phenomenon of the Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), an Indian networking group in the US which made it possible for desi upstarts to seek every kind of help from their seniors – from counseling to contacts to investment.

Since a lot of the techies who made it big are from the IIT, the author also profiles that wonderful institution, which is one of the most respected Indian “brands” in the world today.

While telling the stories, the author takes into account the economic downturn and the stock market bloodbath that wrecked infotech companies. Happily, however, he remains convinced of the power and potential of infotech. India, he believes, could overcome the Digital Divide.