Author: R Gopal Krishna
Publisher: UBS Publishers
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 450
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817476268X
Description
This book is a portrait of post-independence India - and it tells the story of a nation betrayed by its politicians, by its ruling class.
Does Svaraj mean anything to us, and does the government govern? Why is there so much violence as well as untruth in the land of the Mahatma and what are the causes of our moral and intellectual decline? These are among the questions the author seeks to answer. He also discusses a wide range of issues including the farcical nature of our democracy, poverty and development, decay of villages and cities, the language problem, culture and national unity.
It is the story of a nation that makes and unmakes itself, a story of the turmoil in which it finds itself as a result of the failure of our rulers to come to grips with our basic problems, and unfulfilled aspirations of the people, and the break-down of age-old institutions like caste.
The author also presents new insights into Gandhiji, Panditji and other leaders and into the events that have shaped our recent history.
And will India be able to preserve its identity in the face of continuing European colonialism and the threat from its neighbors.
Contents
Author's Note
CHAPTER I
The Years of Serfdom
CHAPTER II
Problems without end
CHAPTER III
The Bloody Dawn of Freedom
CHAPTER IV
The Nehru Regime
CHAPTER V
Nehru The Man
CHAPTER VI
Bose, Gandhiji and Nehru
CHAPTER VII
Nehru and the world
CHAPTER VIII
Nehru and the Rediscovery of Asia
CHAPTER IX
India without Nehru
CHAPTER X
The Indian National Congress : The Banyan Tree becomes a Shrub
CHAPTER XI
The Gandhian Legacy
CHAPTER XII
Art we fit for Democracy ?
CHAPTER XIII
The Constitution
CHAPTER XIV
Is this svaraj ?
CHAPTER XV
Poverty and Prosperity
CHAPTER XVI
Development and Decay
CHAPTER XVII
"Meghasandesham"
CHAPTER XVIII
The Clash of Tongue
CHAPTER XIX
Education-and Science
CHAPTER XX
Culture and Anarchy (I)
CHAPTER XXI
Culture and Anarchy (II)
CHAPTER XXII
Games that Grown-UPS Play
CHAPTER XXIII
The Role of the Press
CHAPTER XXIV
The Role of the Press
CHAPTER XXV
A Nation in Turmoil
CHAPTER XXVI
the White peril : Europe, India and the world
CHAPTER XXVII
A Lament for India
Index