{"product_id":"11309-india-the-siege-within-challenges-to-a-nations-unity","title":"India - The Siege Within: Challenges to a Nation's Unity","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: M J Akbar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Roli Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 325\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8174362681\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book succeeds in explaining, as no other book has done, the resilient achievements of India’s secular democracy as well as its vulnerability and failures. As such, it makes essential reading for everyone wishing to understand today’s India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere M J Akbar, one of India’s most distinguished journalists, discusses the origins and nature of the strains on Indian unity which have deep roots in history. Taking 1947 as his springboard, he provides a full historical, political and cultural survey of the main pressure points, and brings his analysis up to date to include the removal of Farooq Abdullah in Kashmir, an account of his meeting with Bhindranwale, the army operation at the Golden Temple, the assassination of Mrs Indira Gandhi, and their implications for the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRising fundamentalism, separatism, the consequences of Partition, unease in Kashmir-on every side it seems that India’s democratic unity is continually at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BIRTH OF PAKISTAN AND THE SURVIVAL OF INDIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rationale of 1947\u003cbr\u003eMullah Power in Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eMasters, Not Friends\u003cbr\u003eThe Believer\u003cbr\u003eIs the Weather Freezing?\u003cbr\u003eA Home for Gandhi’s Soul\u003cbr\u003eA Rise of the Jailbird\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who Changed the Map of India\u003cbr\u003eThe Roll-Call of Honour\u003cbr\u003eThe Great River\u003cbr\u003ePast and Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePUNJAB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe State of a Problem\u003cbr\u003eAn Old Fear\u003cbr\u003eA Faith and Two Religions\u003cbr\u003ePunjab versus Delhi: The First Sikh Homeland\u003cbr\u003eThe Identity Crisis\u003cbr\u003ePagri Samhal, Jatta\u003cbr\u003eThe Complex Minority\u003cbr\u003eThe Bargain Hunters\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Faith\u003cbr\u003eSearching for Khalistan\u003cbr\u003eJarnail Singh Bhindranwale\u003cbr\u003ePunjab: Death of a General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKASHMIR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy in Paradise\u003cbr\u003eKings and Peasants\u003cbr\u003eThe Lion of Kashmir\u003cbr\u003eRaiders of the Lost Cause\u003cbr\u003eNothing Proved\u003cbr\u003eTo Die an Indian\u003cbr\u003eThe Second Trial\u003cbr\u003eGuilty till Proved Innocent?\u003cbr\u003eGlory to Mother Bharat\u003cbr\u003eA Phenomenon of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"M J Akbar \/ Roli Books \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785512464553,"sku":"11309","price":30.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11309.jpg?v=1625523910","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/11309-india-the-siege-within-challenges-to-a-nations-unity","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}