{"title":"Modern India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplore books on modern Indian history, including the development of the republic, political leadership, democracy, economic change, public institutions, society, foreign policy, and India’s transformation since independence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"11199-in-search-of-india-s-renaissance-vol-i-ii","title":"In Search of India’s Renaissance ( Vol I \u0026 II )","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: A Compilation\u003cbr\u003eEminent Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: CRRID\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1990-92\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 1050\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): N\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 2-volume set records the transactions of a National Seminar on Nation Building, Development Process and Communication in Search of India’s Renaissance and provides a comprehensive insight into the problems facing India today and  highlights some of the possible ways of working towards solutions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a sense it is the quintessence of the thinking of Indian intellectuals from different disciplines. \u003cbr\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eThe seminar was jointly organized by a number of institutions and was inspired by the eminent thinker Shri P N Haksar. Volume 1 contains the précis of nearly 80 papers presented at this five-day seminar and the interventions of a few hundred participants from all over the country. These papers are being published in the second volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contemporary situation in India has been viewed by the participants from a historical perspective. Every aspect of the human condition in India has been covered in great depth: society, economy, polity, law, education, culture, communication and science and technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptured in these pages is a unique experience of an intellectual exchange among academics, scientists, political and social activists, journalists, littérateurs, performing artistes, law-makers and legal luminaries, everyone, despite different perceptions and attitudes brought together by a common concern for this land of ours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 77 papers presented at the Seminar and published here provide a comprehensive insight into the problems facing India and highlight some of the possible ways of working towards solutions. In a sense, these papers collectively represent the quintessence of the current thinking of India’s intellectuals drawn from a very wide range of disciplines. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contemporary situation in India has been viewed by the participants from a historical perspective. 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Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION VI\u003cbr\u003eEducation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION VII\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment Process and Communication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION VIII\u003cbr\u003eCultural Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION IX\u003cbr\u003eScience and Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUDING SESSION\u003cbr\u003eWhere Do We Go From Here?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION I\u003cbr\u003eHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eState, State Formation and State Craft in Indian History and Tradition\u003cbr\u003eSatish Chandra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNation Building, Development Process and Communication: A Historical Perspective\u003cbr\u003eS Gopal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNation Building, Development Process and Communication: Towards a Renaissance: some Historical Perspectives Drawing on Early Times\u003cbr\u003eRomila Thapar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION II\u003cbr\u003eSOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNation Building and Development Process: A Sociological Perspective\u003cbr\u003eVictor S D’Souza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTowards an Indian Renaissance: A Sociological Perspective\u003cbr\u003eT K Oommen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNation Building and Development Process: Role of Communication-A Sociological Perspective\u003cbr\u003eC Parvathamma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaste, Marriage and the Intelligentsia\u003cbr\u003eAm Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen, Nation Building and Indian Renaissance\u003cbr\u003eK Saradamoni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeprivation and Development of the Tribal People \u003cbr\u003eB D Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial Development, Scientific Communication and Tribals\u003cbr\u003eShalina Mehta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInfluence of Socio-Cultural and Political Forces in the Formation of the Health Services in India\u003cbr\u003eDebabar Banerji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION III\u003cbr\u003eECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflections on the Economic Perspectives\u003cbr\u003eSukhamoy Chakravarty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Growth with Equity: \u003cbr\u003eThe Need for Restructuring Development Planning Process\u003cbr\u003eS S Johl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment with a Difference: A Alternative Approach\u003cbr\u003eH K Paranjape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeeded, Therapy for the Sick: Ingredients of a New Renaissance\u003cbr\u003eBoudhayan Chattopadhyay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Economic Policies Aimed at Economic Reform in India\u003cbr\u003eG Thimmaiah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNation Building: Developmental Planning in India\u003cbr\u003e(A Search for India’s Renaissance?)\u003cbr\u003ePradhan H Prasad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome Preliminary Propositions on the Dysfunctionalities and Limited Effectiveness of Planning in India\u003cbr\u003eKamal Nayan Kabra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nature of Agricultural Development in India Since Independence\u003cbr\u003eG S Bhalla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmployment in Indian Agriculture: Retrospect and Prospect\u003cbr\u003eSheila Bhalla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePromoting Competitiveness in Public Sector Enterprises: Some Issues\u003cbr\u003eVijay Kelkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on the Indian Reality\u003cbr\u003eAshok Mitra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegional Dualism, Regionalism and Development Process in India\u003cbr\u003eA K Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSearch for India’s Renaissance\u003cbr\u003eKripa Shankar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlanning for Development, Nation Building and the Role of Mass Communication\u003cbr\u003eManmohan Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecentralised Planning: An Overview of Experience and Prospects in India\u003cbr\u003eC H Hanumantha Rao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSESSION IV\u003cbr\u003ePOLITICAL 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Report\u003cbr\u003eIqbal Masud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Press in India’s Renaissance\u003cbr\u003eP Unnikrishnan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommunication Process and Nation Building - The Missing Links\u003cbr\u003eN L Chowla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSquare Pegs in Round Holes: Issues of Language and Communication in Nation Building\u003cbr\u003eLachman M Khubchandani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLanguage Problem of India\u003cbr\u003eD P Pattanayak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRole of Services in Nation Building-Case of Telecommunications\u003cbr\u003eD K Sangal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommunication, Development and Nation Building: Some Observations\u003cbr\u003eJ S Yadava\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow Communication Can Matter\u003cbr\u003eMV Desai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedia: Far From Freedom\u003cbr\u003eMrinal Pande\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommunication and Social Transformation: The Indian Perspective\u003cbr\u003eSubrata Banerjee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRural 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The claim by Nehru’s critics that a four-world phrase, mutual understanding and mutual accommodation, offered by the Chinese was indicative of their desire for a fair border settlement is an exercise in self-deception.\u003cbr\u003e-M Rasgotra, former Foreign Secretary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tightly written book which has marshaled all the relevant facts with regard to the Sino-Indian relationship during 1957-1962. It explodes many myths that had been surrounding he border conflict during hat critical period and has not ignored the broader perspective of the international developments of that time, specially relating to the approaches and policies of the Soviet Union and the United States. It should be read by both scholars and laymen who would like to understand what really happened during that period. 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The book offers a fresh perspective into the dynamics of how “regions” have contributed to the projects of state and nation building in South Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImaginatively written and drawing upon massive archival research, this book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of modern history, political science and those with a serious interest in contemporary South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Graphs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: INTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Heartland\" and its Setting; Five Constructions of the \u003cbr\u003e\"Heartland\"; Review of Literature; Structure of this Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: THE COLONIAL \"HEARTLAND\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo:\u003cbr\u003eThe framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh\u003cbr\u003eColonial Policing; Urban environment and Colonial\u003cbr\u003eAuthority; Colonial Authority and Criminal Laws; \u003cbr\u003eConclusion: A Colonial Framework for UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree:\u003cbr\u003eThe Institutions of the Colonial \"Heartland\"\u003cbr\u003eColonial Army and Public Order; Colonial Policing:\u003cbr\u003e\"The Thin Blue Line\"; Landlords as Agents of Control;\u003cbr\u003eBaiting the Politician; Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: THE NATIONALIST \"HEARTLAND\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour:\u003cbr\u003e\"Civil Disobedience\" and \"Civil Martial Law\"\u003cbr\u003eIn Uttar Pradesh, 1930-34\u003cbr\u003ePublic discourse, Colonial Authority; Contesting Authority:\u003cbr\u003eThe Spatial dimension; Colonial Responses up to \u003cbr\u003eMarch 1931; From the Gandhi-Irwin Pact to \u003cbr\u003e\"No-Rent\"; Reasserting Authority:\u003cbr\u003e\"Civil Martial Law\"; Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive:  \u003cbr\u003eThe Congress ministry and the Erosion of the \u003cbr\u003eColonial \"Heartland\", 1937-39\u003cbr\u003eThe New Institutional Context; The New Idiom of \u003cbr\u003eAuthority; Public Discourse or \"Sedition\"?; Khadi\u003cbr\u003eOr Khaki?: Police Allegiance and the Congress;\u003cbr\u003eThe Congress and the \"Steel Frame\"; Contesting\u003cbr\u003eColonial Authority: The communal Divide;\u003cbr\u003eTiger by the Tail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix:   \u003cbr\u003eColonial Authority, war Years and Transition\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; New Instruments of Public Order; The\u003cbr\u003ePoetics of Food Control; Political Support and the \u003cbr\u003eWar Effort; congress Prepares for Satyagraha; \u003cbr\u003eThe Anti-War Campaign; Individual Civil\u003cbr\u003eDisobedience; Setting the Stage for Transition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV: THE POSTCOLONIAL \"HEARTLAND\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeven: \u003cbr\u003eThe making of a \"Regional\"\u003cbr\u003ePostcolonial Polity, 1947-54\u003cbr\u003eIndependence Day Celebration; Renaming the \u003cbr\u003e\"Heartland\"; dismantling the Muslim \"Heartland\";\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Hindi Heartland\"; States Reorganization\u003cbr\u003eAnd UP’s Regional Identity; Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEight:  \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Republic of Uttar Pradesh\u003cbr\u003eUttar Pradesh: A Political Chronology\u003cbr\u003eKey Political Figures - biographical Notes\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gyanesh Kudaisya \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776515584169,"sku":"22912","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/22912_1bebaa80-7d57-489d-b9a7-1702d14f56e9.jpg?v=1625570219"},{"product_id":"23531-india-since-1947-the-independent-years","title":"India Since 1947 -  The Independent Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gopa Sabharwal\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 392\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0143102745\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most comprehensive compendium on post-1947 India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis definitive guide to independent India takes us through the events and personalities that have shaped India in the sixty years since 1947. 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Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eTHE REVOLT OF 1857 AND AFTER\u003cbr\u003eThe Mutiny\u003cbr\u003eCollapse of the Old Feudal Order\u003cbr\u003eEmergence of the Educated Elite\u003cbr\u003eImpact of the West\u003cbr\u003eAgarkar, the Rationalist\u003cbr\u003eVivekananda and the Resurgence of Hinduism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eINDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS : THE MODERATE ERA\u003cbr\u003eFoundation of the Indian National Congress\u003cbr\u003eDadabhai Naoroji\u003cbr\u003eAllan Octavian Hume\u003cbr\u003ePherozeshah Mehta\u003cbr\u003eGokhale and the Servants of India Society\u003cbr\u003eCongress in Decline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eTHE EXTREMIST CHALLENGE\u003cbr\u003ePartition of Bengal\u003cbr\u003eRift in the Congress\u003cbr\u003eBal Gangadhar 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Does it have a place in the modern world?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe writer’s reflections on these issues, and the stories of his friends, are fresh and appealing. The issues he raises are significant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I arrived back in India to work, straight from university. Like everybody else, I wanted to do my bit in the changing India. But I didn’t know how. In the last 35 years I have made a lot of friends and seen their work. 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It is a masterly overview of political and economic developments in India over the last fifty years.” \u003cbr\u003e--- Prof. Atul Kohli, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As an introduction to the history of post-independence India, it is non-pareil.”\u003cbr\u003e--- M.V. Kamath \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book fills a major gap in the literature on contemporary history and is a must read for the general public, especially students of history, sociology, economics and politics.” \u003cbr\u003e--- The Tribune \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A comprehensive volume… These scholars have succeeded in presenting the story of an extremely difficult and challenging Journey.” \u003cbr\u003e--- C.P. Bhambri, former Professor of Political Science and Distinguished Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rewarding reading for Students of Indian Politics and economy.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Business Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Revised Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. The Colonial Legacy\u003cbr\u003e3. The National Movement and its Legacy\u003cbr\u003e4. The Evolution of the Constitution and Main Provisions\u003cbr\u003e5. The Architecture of the Constitution : Basic Features and Institutions\u003cbr\u003e6. The Initial Years\u003cbr\u003e7. Consolidation of India as a Nation (I) \u003cbr\u003e8. Consolidation of India as a Nation (II) : The Linguistic Reorganization of the States\u003cbr\u003e9. Consolidation of India as a Nation (III) : Integration of the Tribals\u003cbr\u003e10. Consolidation of India as a Nation (IV) : Regionalism and Regional Inequality\u003cbr\u003e11. The Years of Hope and Achievement, 1951-1964\u003cbr\u003e12. Foreign Policy : The Nehru Era\u003cbr\u003e13. Jawaharlal Nehru in Historical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e14. Political Parties, 1947-1964 : The Congress\u003cbr\u003e15. Political Parties, 1947-1965 : The Opposition\u003cbr\u003e16. From Shastri to Indira Gandhi, 1964-1969\u003cbr\u003e17. The Indira Gandhi Years, 1969-1973\u003cbr\u003e18. The JP Movement and the Emergency : Indian Democracy Tested\u003cbr\u003e19. The Janata Interregnum and Indira Gandhi's Second Coming, 1977-1984\u003cbr\u003e20. The Rajiv Years\u003cbr\u003e21. Run-up to the New Millennium and After\u003cbr\u003e22. Politics in the States (I) : Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Assam\u003cbr\u003e23. Politics in the States (II) : West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir\u003cbr\u003e24. The Punjab Crisis\u003cbr\u003e25. Indian Economy, 1947-1965 : The Nehruvian Legacy\u003cbr\u003e26. Indian Economy, 1965-1991\u003cbr\u003e27. Economic Reforms Since 1991\u003cbr\u003e28. The Indian Economy in the New Millennium\u003cbr\u003e29. Land Reforms (I) : Colonial Impact and Legacy of the National and Peasant Movements\u003cbr\u003e30. Land Reforms (II) : Zamindari Abolition and Tenancy Reforms\u003cbr\u003e31. Land Reforms (III) : Ceiling and the Bhoodan Movement\u003cbr\u003e32. Cooperatives and an Overview of Land Reforms\u003cbr\u003e33. Agriculture Growth and the Green Revolution\u003cbr\u003e34. Agrarian Struggles since Independence\u003cbr\u003e35. Revival and Growth of Communalism\u003cbr\u003e36. Communalism and the Use of State Power\u003cbr\u003e37. Caste, Untouchability, Anti-caste Politics and Strategies\u003cbr\u003e38. Indian Women since Independence\u003cbr\u003e39. The Postcolonial Indian State and the Political Economy of Development: An Overview\u003cbr\u003e40. Disarray in Institutions of Governance\u003cbr\u003e41. The Dawn of the New Millennium: Achievements, Problems and Prospects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography \u003cbr\u003eA Note on Style\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Bipin Chandra \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776614576297,"sku":"29752","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/29752_7aa3d5cc-acbd-45e4-b831-451996b3c5ca.jpg?v=1625570997"},{"product_id":"3093-world-orders-old-and-new","title":"World Orders, Old And New","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Noam Chomsky\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 311\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195650514\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable study of global politics, Noam Chomsky offers a devastating critique of conventional definitions of the New World Order, so enthusiastically proclaimed by the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is, he posits, nothing more than an ingenious piece of 'historical engineering' whereby earlier pretexts for the Cold War have been deftly replaced by a new set of justifications for a largely unchanged Western agenda.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work is an incisive assault on the legitimacy of the status quo in world politics.  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The old centralized bureaucratic state, which stifled industrial growth, is on the decline; the lower castes have risen confidently through the ballot box; and the middle class has tripled in the last two decades.  This economic and social transformation is one of the major themes of this book.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGurcharan Das recounts the hope and despair of the last fifty years. The License Raj created a work environment in which a cousin of the author, on his first day at work in the railways, could precipitate a strike just because he was honest.  And on one occasion, the author, even though a seasoned executive, was driven to sit by the polluted Yamuna and weep after a fruitless meeting with a bureaucrat.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe transformation began in the golden summer of 1991, when a reticent reformer, Prime Minster P V Narasimha Rao, finally changed the nation's course through sweeping economic reforms. A restrictive regime, in which the state dictated everything, from a woman's choice of lipstick to the programs on television, gave way to the optimism of a rising middle class eager to compete with the rest of the world.  It was a quiet revolution, one that has not been chronicled before.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGurcharan Das examined the highs and lows of independent India through the prism of history and his own experiences and those of numerous others he has met following the reforms, from young people to sleep UP villages to the chiefs of software companies in Bangalore.  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Pursuing this notion, the present collection of essays with an introduction by Romila Thapar explores the challenges before twenty-first-century India in its quest for a democratic and just society.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobalization and the revolution in information technology provide a new context to the problems faced in contemporary times by Indians.  But will globalization ensure rapid economic growth and development in the face of low literacy, rising population, the gradual withdrawal of the State from social commitments and the hesitant formation of a responsible civil society? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Will imitation westernization and the consumerism that comes it, further a just society? Political institutions will require strengthening in order to manage the delicate balance of democracy.  What are the strains that it will be subjected to in the struggles for empowerment by groups currently marginalized, and the growing social and economic disparities, accompanied by violence and terrorism?  How will India's multiculturalism be affected by the upsurge of various identities and the attempts of exclusionist nationalism to play a hegemonic role? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Will the family as an institution be transformed to enhance gender justice.  Will India become a world-class IT player? Will new technology ensure the autonomy of the media, where such an autonomy can become a pre-requisite for democratic functioning?  Can the mauling of the Indian landscape be halted?  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The one which V S Naipaul described in 1979 as a country of extraordinary stupid people run by  just very very stupid people, or the country which he recently discovered to be having   a central will, a central intellect, a national idea.  Pablo Neruda found India to be the closed  territory where were found old misery\/hunger\/howling in the villages.  On the other hand, in 1990 Kathleen Raine found in India: The human beauty and richness of life itself is everywhere heartwarming.  India has not lost her soul at the price of technology - as yet.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctavo Paz's India is more complex - the grotesque and the sublime existing side by side on the same plane of reality, a country which  a gigantic cauldron, the original melting pot, and much more efficient and hotter than its American equivalent.  But we also have Nirad C Chaudhuri trumpeting his ' historical diagnosis' that India is in decay.  Could this historical diagnosis be more true that Arnold Toynbee's conviction that India would be the leader of the world in the twenty-first century? India, he declared, would make great progress in every field.  And what is more, it would harmonize science and religion, the only country that could and would do it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere have been persons who doubted whether independent India would continue to exist or break up into bits and pieces, and even in the former case whether it would stick to democracy or not.  Some political scholars assayed the geo-politics of 2024 AD  in the Golden Anniversary issue of Saturday World Review: 2024 AD A Probe into the Future, and suggested  how the world atlas might be then.  Milovan Djilas wrote that he was not convinced that India could remain united in the long run.  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POLITICAL MNOVEMENTS\u003cbr\u003eTOWARDS A 'HISTORY FROM BELOW'\u003cbr\u003eTribal Movements\u003cbr\u003ePhadke\u003cbr\u003eMoplahs\u003cbr\u003eDeccan Riots\u003cbr\u003ePabna\u003cbr\u003eNo-Revenue Movements\u003cbr\u003eCaste Consciousness\u003cbr\u003eLabour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBUSINESS GROUPS AND UPPER CLASSES\u003cbr\u003eBusiness Groups\u003cbr\u003ePrinces and Zamindars\u003cbr\u003e'MIDDLE-CLASS' CONSCIOUSNESS AND POLITICS\u003cbr\u003eSocial Roots of the Intelligentsia\u003cbr\u003eHindu Reform and Revival\u003cbr\u003eTrends in Indian Islam\u003cbr\u003ePatriotism in Literature\u003cbr\u003eNationalist Economic Theory\u003cbr\u003eFoundations of the Congress\u003cbr\u003eThe Moderate Congress : Objectives and Methods\u003cbr\u003ePhase of Moderate Politics\u003cbr\u003eRoots of Extremism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e1905-1917 : POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS\u003cbr\u003eTHE VICEROYALTY OF CURZON\u003cbr\u003eForeign Policy\u003cbr\u003eAdministrative Reforms\u003cbr\u003eCurzon and NationalistS\u003cbr\u003ePartition of Bengal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1905-1908 : THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT IN BENGAL\u003cbr\u003eTrends\u003cbr\u003eBoycott and Swedishi\u003cbr\u003eNational Education\u003cbr\u003eLabour Unrest\u003cbr\u003eSamities\u003cbr\u003eHindu-Muslim Relations\u003cbr\u003eThe Shift to Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1005 - 1908 : EXTREMISM IN OTHER PROVINCES\u003cbr\u003ePunjab\u003cbr\u003eMadras\u003cbr\u003eMaharashtra\u003cbr\u003eThe Congress Split\u003cbr\u003e1909-1914 : REPRESSION, CONCILATION AND DIVIDE AND RULE\u003cbr\u003eMorley and Minto\u003cbr\u003eSimla Deputation and Muslim League\u003cbr\u003eRevolutionary Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWAR AND INDIA POLITICS\u003cbr\u003eRevolutionary Activities\u003cbr\u003eUnity at Lucknow\u003cbr\u003eHome Rule Agitation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1905-1917 : MOVEMENTS FROM BELOW\u003cbr\u003eTribal revolts\u003cbr\u003ePeasant Movements\u003cbr\u003eCommunalism\u003cbr\u003eCaste Movements\u003cbr\u003eRegional Sentiments and Languages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e1917-1927 : MASS NATIONALISM-EMERGENCE AND PROBLEMS\u003cbr\u003eWAR, REFORMS AND SOCIETY\u003cbr\u003eThe Montford Reforms\u003cbr\u003eImpact of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAHATMA GANDHI\u003cbr\u003eThe Appeal of Gandhi\u003cbr\u003eThe Role of Rumour\u003cbr\u003eChamparan, Kheda, Ahmedabad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROWLATT SATYAGRAHA\u003cbr\u003e1919-1920 : Leaders and Masses\u003cbr\u003eGandhi, Khilafat and the Congress\u003cbr\u003epressures from Below\u003cbr\u003e1921-1922 : Non-Cooperation and Khilafat\u003cbr\u003eThe All-Indian Movement\u003cbr\u003eSocial Composition\u003cbr\u003eRegional Variations\u003cbr\u003eChauri-Chaura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1922-1927 : DECLINE AND FRAGMENTATION\u003cbr\u003eNo-Changes and Swarajists\u003cbr\u003eNagpur, Barsad and 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It is a framework that accepts the need to accept; adjust to the virtue of adjustment. The world outside is a necessary part of Indian life, but the fit needs to be molded in a way that domestic interests get enhanced by the interaction. It envisages security structure of diamond strength, and domestic policies fashioned out of silk, so as not to harm the Indian people even while they are encouraged and protected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndutva - Moderation. 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The cultural divide between Hindus and Christians that the Portuguese created still plagues the state in many ways; and to this conflict is now added the growing antagonism between the Goans and the migrants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book has special chapters on Goa's uniform civil code-the only state of India where people of all faiths have accepted such a code-and the role of postcolonial church in the historical backdrop of colonial church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe West Invades\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Unique Identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFruits of Freedom \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerils of Progress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoad to Salvation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Empty Pitcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthnic Fencing \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritings on the Wall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Glossary of Goan Terms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Arun Sinha \/ Bibliophile South Asia And Promilla \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776697249961,"sku":"7608","price":37.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/7608_56235d41-f919-4c36-bd35-f2cc3edeb8e8.jpg?v=1625571739"},{"product_id":"8204-reinventing-india-liberalization-hindu-nationalism-and-popular-democracy","title":"Reinventing India - Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Stuart Corbridge\u003cbr\u003eJohn Harriss\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 313\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 019565109X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work examines the history of modern India and its contemporary transformation, providing a lucid and eminently readable account of the changes affecting India today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I of the book describes India's t4ransformation under colonial rule, and the ideas and social forces which underlay the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly which was convened in 1946 to consider the shaping of the postcolonial state. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II narrates the story of the making and unmaking of this modern India in the period from 1950 to the present day, paying attention to both economic and political developments, and engaging with the interpretations of India's recent history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III has chapters on the dialectics of economic reform, religion and the politics of Hindu nationalism, and popular democracy.  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In a time of failing states and ethnic unrest this question acquires a new urgency.  Baruah argues that loosely organized federations are not only less prone to violent conflict but they also make better democracies.  He traces the history of conflicts in Assam and tensions between pan-Indianism and Assamese sub-nationalist concerns ever since the province became a part of British India and one of the world's leading tea-producing regions in the nineteenth century.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe argues that human rights abuses by both security forces and insurgents, ethnic violence, and the steady slide towards illiberal democracy are largely due to India's formally federal but actually centralized government structure.  This book combines scholarship, political engagement, and an insider's intimate knowledge of northeast India.  It will interest historians and political analysts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews :\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis brilliant book, meticulously researched in the history of sub-nationalism and cultural politics in Northeast India, is the best critique of general theories of agonistic democracy that I have encountered.\u003cbr\u003e—Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e…will stimulate critical thought at a historical moment when political and economic forces are propelling India toward a looser federation.  And it will provide a base for comparison with ethnic politics in other contexts from Bosnia to Kashmir.\u003cbr\u003e—Susanne H. Rudolph and Lloyd I. 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It gives primacy to politics rather than concentrating merely on historicism and cultural analysis.  As professor Samaddar argues, it is only with the assumption of state power that the nationalist journey in India can be said to have begun in earnest.  He focuses on encounters between the Indian nation and its myriad ‘constituents’—rebels, communities, citizens and aliens – as well as with democracy, both conceptually and practically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a retrospective look at a critical event – the partitioning of India – through which an ‘inadequate’ nation became ‘adequate’, the first chapter examines the theme which underpins the entire volume: the forms and theatres of adjustment and readjustment central to the evolution of Indian nationhood.  Revolutions, passive revolutions, and other defining tools of nationality – including territoriality, citizenship, federality, and war and peace – are thus located logically in the context of ‘nationality’.  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Our Cultural Heritage and Identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"N N Vohra \/ National Book Trust \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776755282089,"sku":"9346","price":16.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/9346_2d7af47e-6462-4144-a4e3-4a628a7d3901.jpg?v=1625521946"},{"product_id":"9348-women-pioneers-in-indias-renaissance","title":"Women Pioneers - In India's Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003eKamla Mankekar\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor: Sushila Nayar, Kamla Mankekar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: National Book Trust\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\/2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 447\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8123737661\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow much does the present generation know about the remarkable endeavor and struggles that women underwent to bring themselves to where they stand today. 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Sarojini Naidu (1876-1949): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e11.  Welthy H Fisher (1879-1980): Kanchanlata Sabarwal\u003cbr\u003e12.  Rokeya (1880-1932): Miratun Nahar\u003cbr\u003e13.  Mahadevi Verma (1907-1987): Kanchanlata Sabarwal\u003cbr\u003e14.  Jyotirmoyee Devi (1894-1988) Ashoka Gupta\u003cbr\u003e15.  Kulsum Sayani (1900-1987): Usha Mehta\u003cbr\u003e16.  Rani Rajwade (1887-1984): Usha Devi Rajwade\u003cbr\u003e17.  Vidya Gauri Nilkanth (1876-1958): Aparna Basu\u003cbr\u003e18.  Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904-1986): Yamini Krishnamurthy\u003cbr\u003e19.  Margaret Cousins (1878-1954): k. Lakshmi Raghuramiah\u003cbr\u003e20.  Lady Abala Bose (1865-1951): Phulrenu Guha\u003cbr\u003e21.  Kumari Lajjawati (1898-1984): Surrendar Saini\u003cbr\u003e22.  Begum Akhtar (1914-1974): Sheila Dhar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFREEDOM AND WOMEN’S LIBERATION\u003cbr\u003e23.  Mata Kasturba (1869-1944): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e24.  Basanti Debi Chittaranjan Das (1880-1974): Phulrenu Guha\u003cbr\u003e25.  Sarala Devi Chaudhrani (1872-1945): Bharati Ray\u003cbr\u003e26.  Nellie Sengupta (1886-1973): Phulrenu Guha\u003cbr\u003e27.  Shoilabala Das (1875-1968): Ranjana Harish\u003cbr\u003e28.  Mira Behn (1892-1982): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e29.  Naroji Sisters: Perinben (1888-1958), Goshiben (1904-1976), Khurshidben   \u003cbr\u003e        (1917-1968): Usha Mehta \u0026amp; Aloo J. Dastur\u003cbr\u003e30.  Mithuben Petit (1892-1973): Usha H. Gokani\u003cbr\u003e31.  Mithan J. Lam (1898-1981): Sona Surveyor\u003cbr\u003e32.  Kamala Nehru (1900-1936): Promilla Kalhan\u003cbr\u003e33.  Rama Devi Chowdhury (1899-1985): Annapurna Das\u003cbr\u003e34.  Anasuyaben Sarabhai (1885-1972): Indira Hirway\u003cbr\u003e35.  Asha Devi Aryanayakam (1901-1972): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e36.  Chandraprova Saikiani (1901-1972): Bharati Baruna\u003cbr\u003e37.  Sharadebehn Mehta (1882-1970): Purnima Mehta Bhatt\u003cbr\u003e38.  Mata Rameshwari Nehru (1886-1996): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e39.  Prabhawati Devi (1906-1973): Asha Prasad\u003cbr\u003e40.  Sophia Khan (1916-1961): Usha Mehta\u003cbr\u003e41.  Ashalata Sen (1894-1986): Anita Sen\u003cbr\u003e42.  Satyavati Devi (1904-1945): Aruna Asaf Ali\u003cbr\u003e43.  Maniben Patel (1903-1990): Usha Mehta\u003cbr\u003e44.  Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1889-1964): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e45.  Jethinben Tulsidas Siphilmalani (1906-1978): Usha Mehta\u003cbr\u003e46.  Maniben Nanavati (1905-2000): Usha Mehta\u003cbr\u003e47.  Maniben Kara (1905-1979): Leela S. Patel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAKING A NEW INDIA\u003cbr\u003e48.  Leela Roy (1900-1970): Shila Sen\u003cbr\u003e49.  Vijay a Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990): Nayantara Sahgal\u003cbr\u003e50.  Sucheta Kripalani (1906-1974): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e51.  Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya (1903-1990): Santosh Mahendrajit Singh\u003cbr\u003e52.  Mridula Sarabhai (1911-1974): Aparna Basu\u003cbr\u003e53.  Aruna Asaf Ali (1906-1996): Kamla Mankekar\u003cbr\u003e54.  Hansa Mehta (1897-1995): Anjani Mehta\u003cbr\u003e55.  Sita Devi (1910-1974): Manorama Dewan\u003cbr\u003e56.  Renuka Ray (1904-1997): Mandira sen\u003cbr\u003e57.  Muthulakshmi Reddi (1886-1968): Saronini Varadappan\u003cbr\u003e58.  Durgabai Deshmukh (1909-1981): Kamla Mankekar\u003cbr\u003e59.  Indira Priyadarshini (1917-1984): Pupul Jayakar\u003cbr\u003e60.  Mary Clubwala Jadav (1908-1975): K Lakshmi Raghuramiah\u003cbr\u003e61.  Jayashri Raiji (1895-1985): Manjari Yoga\u003cbr\u003e62.  Soundram Ramachandran (1905-1984): Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e63.  Prema Kantak (1905-1985): Rohini Gawankar\u003cbr\u003e64.  Premvati Thapar (1901-1988): Surrendar Saini\u003cbr\u003e65.  Lakshmi N. Menon (1899-1994): Shobhana Ranade \u0026amp; Sushila Nayar\u003cbr\u003e66.  Malati Nabakrushna Choudhari (1904-1997): Krishna Mohanty\u003cbr\u003e67.  Usha Mehta (1920-1999): Aloo J. 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